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CA. Prison Medical Takeover Possible

By Jeralyn, Section Inmates and Prisons
Posted on Wed Jun 01, 2005 at 12:23:01 PM EST
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A federal judge in California is considering appointing a receiver to take over the state's prison medical system:

Saying "I can see myself appointing a receiver to stop 60-some people a year from dying," a judge indicated Tuesday that he's inclined to order a federal takeover of California's prison medical system.

The remark by Senior U.S. District Judge Thelton Henderson came in response to expert testimony that poor health care is causing probably one to two preventable deaths per site per year" at the state's 32 penal institutions.

The expert concluded:

... 150 prison doctors are needed, and one-fourth to one-half of those currently working should be replaced.

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    CA. Prison Medical Takeover Possible | 6 comments (6 topical)
    Re: CA. Prison Medical Takeover Possible (none / 0) (#1)
    by ppjakajim on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 12:59:33 PM EST
    From the post: "that poor health care is causing probably one to two preventable deaths per site per year" You could make the same claim about any group of citizens who don't have insurance, yet are paying taxes and trying to be useful and productive citizens. When can we get the ACLU to sue for them?

    Re: CA. Prison Medical Takeover Possible (none / 0) (#2)
    by wishful on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 12:59:33 PM EST
    PPJ, you ask if "we" can get the ACLU to sue for the uninsured who are paying taxes and "trying to be useful...". Why don't you write them and see?

    Re: CA. Prison Medical Takeover Possible (none / 0) (#3)
    by Che's Lounge on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 12:59:33 PM EST
    Cavorting with commies.

    Re: CA. Prison Medical Takeover Possible (none / 0) (#4)
    by Sailor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 12:59:33 PM EST
    The difference is that these people are wards of the state and received prison terms, not death sentences.

    Re: CA. Prison Medical Takeover Possible (none / 0) (#6)
    by ppjakajim on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 12:59:33 PM EST
    wishful - I have done better than that. For years now I have periodically called my congress people urging them to pass laws to institute a single payer - that's socialized medicene to my buds on the Right - health insurance system that would cover everyone for everything. (Don't act surprised. I have always called myself a social liberal. Where I part company with the Demos is on national defense. I believe in it. They don't.)

    Re: CA. Prison Medical Takeover Possible (none / 0) (#5)
    by DawesFred60 on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 12:59:34 PM EST
    Good, but it won't work in the end it will just be what it has always been.

    CA. Prison Medical Takeover Possible | 6 comments (6 topical)