Kyeland Jackson

Data Reporter

Kyeland Jackson is a data reporter for Report For America, covering racial disparities in Minnesota with Twin Cities PBS. He holds bachelor’s and master's degrees in communications from the University of Louisville and has won awards from the Kentucky Associated Press Broadcasters as well as the Louisville Society of Professional Journalists. Jackson was also selected for the Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporter’s Data Institute. Raised in Elizabethtown, Ky., Jackson was also the editor-in-chief of The Louisville Cardinal, a weekly independent newspaper at his alma mater.

Articles

Kevin White points to his mother in a family portrait. Her Medicaid expenses led to a $128,000 lien on his family home, which he

Minnesota’s Medicaid estate recovery program is stripping families of generational wealth and growing disparities

Loopholes allow wealthier families and attorneys to avoid estate recovery, and in some counties the program disproportionately affects people of color.

Kevin White's Home

Health Equity & Social Justice

Healthcare Systems & Policy

Community & Public Health

Pennies On The Dollar: How Minnesota's Estate Recovery Program Helps, and Hurts, Vulnerable Residents

Many vulnerable Minnesotans have no idea that their county can place a hefty lien on their home to recover expenses for long-term care.

Race and Equity

Poverty and Class

Health Insurance and Costs

Housing and Homeslessness

Health Equity & Social Justice

Healthcare Systems & Policy

Community & Public Health

A closer look at a controversial Medicaid estate recovery program

Kyeland Jackson reports the first in a three-part series on a little-known Medicaid policy.

Poverty and Class

Health Insurance and Costs

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Is Medicaid estate recovery deepening inequities in Minnesota?

Strain from the program may fall unevenly on people of color, who make up more than half of Medicaid recipients.