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A 1997 ruling says that care provided to inmates beyond the walls of the prison qualifies for Medicaid reimbursement if the prisoner is Medicaid eligible. The federal government then pays 50 percent to 84 percent of Medicaid costs.
Right now, in most states, only prisoners who are pregnant, disabled or aged are eligible for Medicaid coverage when they need outside medical attention.
But most states and localities don’t bother to seek Medicaid reimbursement for that limited class of prisoners, an omission that deprives them of millions of dollars in potential federal reimbursement.
So far, only Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Nebraska, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Washington and some scattered local governments are tapping Medicaid to pay for inpatient medical and nursing home care. A few more states are looking into it, including Georgia, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Mexico, New York and Virginia.
In states that are using Medicaid to help pay for hospital stays, the most common type of medical care that qualifies is hospitalization for childbirth, nursing home care for elderly inmates and surgery and other treatments for cancer, liver disease and other illnesses. Arkansas uses Medicaid exclusively to cover hospitalization of pregnant inmates.
State and local prisons are not paid for by federal taxes.
They will now because the state and local prisons are moving the prisoners to Obamacare.
You have only paid for your local prisoners via local taxes.
Now we get to "share the cost" at the Federal level.
We will now be paying more, not less via federal taxes.
So all those states that paid for inmate sex change surgeries can pass the cost to Uncle Sam and we'll be paying that price.
And yes it is covered under Obamacare.
Well seeing that we live in a prison country that loves to put anyone and everyone in prison, it makes sense to do it at a federal level. Maybe we will begin to address the fact that we have too many people in prison.
If anything, this will just mean more money from blue states will be going to red states, and the US will pay for the cost of Texas who loves to throw anyone and anyone into prison.
But end the end it will be the taxpayers paying for something the taxpayers have currently paid for, so nothing is really changes except for sharing the burden.
Well seeing that we live in a prison country that loves to put anyone and everyone in prison, it makes sense to do it at a federal level. Maybe we will begin to address the fact that we have too many people in prison.
If anything, this will just mean more money from blue states will be going to red states, and the US will pay for the cost of Texas who loves to throw anyone and anyone into prison.
But end the end it will be the taxpayers paying for something the taxpayers have currently paid for, so nothing is really changes except for sharing the burden.
Sorry to burst your liberal bubble but Texas didn't sign up for "expanded medicaid" under Obamacare
You'll have to settle for California
Just wait, in a few years we'll see surveys about how blue states are paying for red states inmates and they will wine about it then just like they whine now about the federal government buying services from red states proclaiming its welfare..
See, didnt even take a few years.. only took a few hours
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Originally Posted by urbanlife78
If anything, this will just mean more money from blue states will be going to red states, and the US will pay for the cost of Texas who loves to throw anyone and anyone into prison.
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Originally Posted by urbanlife78
Well seeing that we live in a prison country that loves to put anyone and everyone in prison, it makes sense to do it at a federal level. Maybe we will begin to address the fact that we have too many people in prison.
Actually thats the reason NOT to do it, and I've explained it numerous times on this very thread..
Oh good, at least we don't have to pay for Texas' inmates cause we know that state loves to imprison people.
Texas has a 3 strikes policy and still strictly enforces drug laws.
We're #3 in prison population but we're also at the top of the "Safest cities" reports as well.
i thought convicts paid their own health care costs out of pocket
i never knew that tax payers paid for their health costs while they are in prison
man, i'm outraged beyond belief!!!!!! Obama is nuts!!!!
thanks obama!
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