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Who gets the money for inmate health care--no one in government will tell.
How much does it really cost? No one in government will allow a public audit.
Want to protection corruption? Do not allow details and costs of contracts to be public.
The only reason NOT to make them public? Because there is massive corruption involved.
"The non-partisan Legislative Analyst’s Office found a “dramatic increase in spending on adult prison health care: from $1.2 million in 2005-2006 to $2.5 billion in 2008-2009,” according to the March, 2010 report on adult inmate health care costs.
The increase in cost was linked to an increase in medical contracts, like the one newly obtained by Health Net.
“The increase in correctional health care costs has been largely driven by greater usage of contract medical services,” said the LAO report.
But nobody besides CPHCS and Health Net know how much the state will be spending on inmate health care next year. Both declined to discuss the issue.
According to the government code that protects the contract’s confidentiality, all health care service contracts and records under the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation are exempt from the Public Records Act, a law that is intended to shed public light on government actions."
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How much does it really cost? No one in government will allow a public audit.
Want to protection corruption? Do not allow details and costs of contracts to be public.
The only reason NOT to make them public? Because there is massive corruption involved.
"The non-partisan Legislative Analyst’s Office found a “dramatic increase in spending on adult prison health care: from $1.2 million in 2005-2006 to $2.5 billion in 2008-2009,” according to the March, 2010 report on adult inmate health care costs.
The increase in cost was linked to an increase in medical contracts, like the one newly obtained by Health Net.
“The increase in correctional health care costs has been largely driven by greater usage of contract medical services,” said the LAO report.
But nobody besides CPHCS and Health Net know how much the state will be spending on inmate health care next year. Both declined to discuss the issue.
According to the government code that protects the contract’s confidentiality, all health care service contracts and records under the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation are exempt from the Public Records Act, a law that is intended to shed public light on government actions."
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