that people who are incarcerated have a constitutional right to adequate medical discharge planning before their release, including supplies of medication or prescriptions. But it's far from clear whether states are required to do so.that includes making medical appointments and supplying medications. Joan Heath, director of the public affairs office at the Georgia Department of Corrections, didn't respond to questions about why the official policy wasn't followed in Boyd's case.
Matthew Boyd sits with his fiancée, Amanda Hollowood, who has helped care for him since he was released from prison in December 2020. Despite official policies, people regularly leave prison or jail lacking medications, medical records, a provider appointment, or health insurance.
Without timely care, formerly incarcerated patients are more likely to develop a health crisis and turn to costly emergency rooms. Or they experience a mental health episode or commit crimes related to substance use disorder that lands them back in prison or jail., CEO of Diversity Health Center, a federally qualified health center in southeastern Georgia.
And?! I don't feel bad for ex convicts. Welcome to the real world and pull your own weight.
Another reason to be law-abiding.
And?
Well heroin is the cheapest and easiest to obtain alternative to pain meds. And of course none of these guys have mental health problems. I'm sure it's fine.
But illegals get everything 🤪
Welcome to the real world.
So now we have have to pay for their healthcare too? Get a job!
Yelp, that is how it has been forever……
They just got a free stay on the tax payers money now they want free insurance 🤣🤣🤣
Feel bad for the rapists, pedos, theives, felons, domestic abusers, ex...? No thanks
Who’s fault they were in prison? Sometimes life choices have consequences.
Medicare for all!!
I worked 30 years for a major hospital in SW Missouri. I retired to no insurance and 300.00 a month retirement. I’m not feeling sorry for released prison inmates.
And the moral of this story is don’t commit crimes?
Lots of people who followed the rules and aren't convicts have the same problem
There should be a plan in place to transition the released prisoners back into society.
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