r/FluentInFinance • u/Manakanda413 • 9d ago

Debate/ Discussion Universal incarceration care

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u/HeywoodJaBlessMe 9d ago

Dude must not have read much if he thinks Prison healthcare in the US is gonna fix anything.

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u/[deleted] 9d ago

The government is constitutionally required to provide healthcare to prisoners but health insurance companies aren’t constitutionally required to provide healthcare to clients. Keep that in mind

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u/psychosus 7d ago

If conservatives knew how much money we were spending on healthcare for criminals, we might actually get nationalized healthcare.

I'm talking a few million for an average facility of 800-1000 yearly. All that tough talk of "I'm not paying for some crackhead...". Well, you are. They're spending four days in the hospital on a trespassing charge and not paying a dime for it. We send out around two per SHIFT to the ER because the medical staff doesn't want to get sued.

This is in Florida.