Inmate Health-Care Costs Soar In Mesa County
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. -- The cost of medical care for inmates in the Mesa County jail is expected to soar by more than 40 percent this year.
The jail has budgeted nearly $1.4 million for health care in 2008, compared with the $982,000 it spent in 2007.
"We about had a cow," County Commissioner Janet Rowland said. "It is a lot of money."
Hmm... looking ...looking.. how odd..no remarks about how sick the inmates are ....
Sick call is twice a week, and inmates are required to pay $8 to see a doctor or dentist and $5 to see a nurse. Prescription refills, lab work and X-rays are $4 each.
Dental care is limited to filling cavities and pulling teeth.
The county does not pay for treatment of pre-existing conditions.
So...if I'm one of them there American Type One Uninsurables, a term that only exists in america, and I pick a pocket and get thrown in jail ... I die ?
God Bless America ! The Land of the Healthy Young People !
We just let the sick and the old die. Gets rid of them quick.
Works great !!!!
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