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jeff303445 karma
A common justification for these kinds of prices is that they're actually subsidizing visits for those who visit an ER and are unable to pay. Through your research and reporting, have you found any evidence to back this up?
jeff303385 karma
That sounds like negligence/abuse on the part of whoever was employing you.
jeff303188 karma
Oh I don't doubt that for a second. But that doesn't really change what I said.
jeff303105 karma
It depends on how the prisons are paid. If they receive a fixed amount of money per person in the prison, they would like for the prisons to stay full (or overfull if possible), to maximize revenue. They might consequently lobby the state for harsher penalties (i.e. prison time) for various crimes, to increase the numbers of inmates flowing in.
No idea if this is what actually happened in NM, mind you, just a general concept.
jeff303518 karma
Wow, I struggle to do each of those individually!
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