Who Profited As COVID Spread Through Prisons And Jails?
Incarcerated people who are sick or injured are often treated by for-profit healthcare companies that frequently fail patients by tending to their profits instead.
An episode of the Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast podcast, hosted by WNYC Studios, titled "Who Profited As COVID Spread Through Prisons And Jails?" was published on April 13, 2021 and runs 22 minutes.
April 13, 2021 ·22m · Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast
Summary
Incarcerated people who are sick or injured are often treated by for-profit healthcare companies that frequently fail patients by tending to their profits instead.
Episode Description
A year after returning home from prison, formerly incarcerated people have a mortality rate nearly four times the national average. Incarcerated people who are sick or injured are often treated by for-profit healthcare companies that frequently fail patients by tending to their profits instead.
On Today's Show:
Dr. Homer Venters, clinical associate professor at NYU College of Global Public Health and also newly appointed member of the Biden/Harris COVID 19 Health Equity Task Force, and Bianca Tylek, Worth Rises’s executive director, describe how the for profit healthcare system within jails and prisons often fail patients by ignoring preventative care and neglecting to offer treatments that might hurt their bottom line.
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