Freeze! You're Under Examination

Miller-McCune by Bernice Yeung | Jun. 30, 2009 (Special Report)

Making sure people get health care when they leave prison saves taxpayer money and protects public health. It may even help them stay out of prison. Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by J Sinclaire - Jun 30, 2009 - 7:23 AM PDT
Reviewed by: J Sinclaire (review), Sharon Kaplan (review), Patricia Blochowiak (review), Dwight Rousu (review)
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Edited by: Dwight Rousu - Jul 7, 2009 - 2:26 AM PDT
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 by Dwight Rousu - Jul. 7, 2009

Yeung gets poignant stories of the benefits of health care to a portion of the population who typically have no health insurance, convicts and parolees. The benefits to society from these people having health care is an interesting slant. How this fits into the current health care bill debate is not addressed.

There would seem to be an argument for single payer here.

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 by J Sinclaire - Jun. 30, 2009

A thorough examination for a proven system of providing health care for newly released convicts.

J posted this story.
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 by Patricia Blochowiak - Jun. 30, 2009

This model of care for the prison and ex-offender population looks very effective.

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 by Sharon Kaplan - Jun. 30, 2009

Great piece!

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