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CLASSIC: Locked Up and Lost: Healthcare in the Prison System

CLASSIC: Locked Up and Lost: Healthcare in the Prison System

Update: 2024-09-17
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While the United States is home to some of the world's most advanced medical technology, it's no secret that it has a terrible healthcare system -- millions of people are one bad diagnosis away from bankruptcy or death if they cannot pay the insurance companies controlling their access to life-saving treatments, medicines and therapy. Yet the US also has the world's highest incarceration rate, with over 700 people out of every 100,000 currently serving time -- what happens when they get sick? Tune in to learn the Stuff They Don't Want You To Know about healthcare in prison.

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CLASSIC: Locked Up and Lost: Healthcare in the Prison System

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