CINCINNATI — The Kentucky Department of Corrections can deny a life-saving but expensive hepatitis C medication to inmates, a federal appeals court ruled in a split decision. The dissenting judge in last week’s 2-1 ruling at the 6th U.S.
Louisville attorney Greg Belzley, who represents prisoners in the class-action lawsuit, called the decision “horrendous” and said they would ask for a rehearing with the full court or petition the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case. “Basically the majority … ruled that Kentucky prison officials don’t have to do anything to treat an inmate’s infection except sit around and watch it get worse,” he told the paper in an email.
Belzley said it would cost taxpayers less to treat infected inmates in prison than to wait until they are released. Meanwhile, they are likely infect others before finally receiving treatment. “Yet according to defendants themselves, they chose not to administer DAAs to all inmates because of the cost of the drugs, a decision that exposed inmates to ongoing suffering and long-term organ damage.”The majority opinion upheld an earlier decision by U.S. District Judge Gregory F. Van Tatenhove of Lexington, who found the department’s monitoring of inmates with hepatitis C constituted treatment, and the department’s treatment plan was adequate.
We're the shithole country.
What a sad ruling.
That's the ticket - don't coddle these prisoners with petty things like immunizations...
Inhumanity at its finest.
No. Just no. First of all - it shouldn't be 'pricey.'
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Interesting to watch pro life GOP politicians letting people die unnecessarily when life saving medication is nearby on the shelf. GOP choose pharma significant profits over the lives of Americans. Sounds more like GOP are killing Americans with policies that enrich the wealthy.
The LeaderMcConnell effect.
WWJD
Unfuckingbelievable
How Christian of them.
Well is Kentucky they believe more in prayers than science, so yes I'll pray for the best outcome.
That's Murder
Shameful. Just because someone is in prison, it doesn’t mean they give up their basis human rights. (And I don’t want to hear the excuse that “if they did not commit crimes, they would not be in there”)
Disgusting and inhumane.
Kentucky doing great 🙄🤦🏻
this is the type of shit that keeps the abolish prisons movement alive and adding new members.
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