Closing the Medicaid gap when foster kids return home: an expert briefing with Here Now Health and Virginia's former Medicaid director

Michelle Turner, Founder & CEO at Here Now Health, and Cheryl Roberts, Managing Principal at Roberts Strategic Consulting and former Virginia Medicaid director, sat down with HTN’s Martin Cech on October 9, 2026 to discuss what happens to foster youth’s Medicaid coverage when they go home, why Virginia moved all foster-connected kids into a single specialty plan, and how states can close the coordination gap at reunification.