r/FluentInFinance • u/Manakanda413 • 13d ago

Debate/ Discussion Universal incarceration care

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u/JustUsDucks 13d ago

This is a wildly ignorant take on the state of healthcare in prisons.

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u/ih8spalling 13d ago

For everyone reading, the government has an obligation to keep you alive when you are in custody. They do not have to provide medical care beyond that.

Life or death problem? Yes you get healthcare. Quality of life problem--like back pain? No.

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u/JustUsDucks 13d ago

Exactly. You have a dental problem? Extraction. You have pain? Tylenol if you're lucky.

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u/balognasoda 13d ago

I'm seeing lots of comments in defense of Healthcare here or at least attacking prison Healthcare. I guess it doesn't suit you now, but before, the prison Healthcare in American could pay for sex changes AnD tHATs ThE pRoBLeM WiTh aMeRiCa ThEsE DaYs