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Prison: Lock up medical care
Second effort to privatize comes this week
Sunday News
Aug 26, 2007 00:15 EST
LANCASTER
By HELEN COLWELL ADAMS, Staff Writer

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please correct me if i'm wrong..

I'M pretty sure if the juvenile becomes a ward of the state that the parent health insurance is voided.

g-day!

STATE of PA- DPW

Children in Substitute Care

http://www.dpw.state.pa.us/Child/ChildWelfare/003672629.htm
Daisy Lee Myers
QUOTE(Daisy Lee Myers @ Aug 27 2007, 01:50 PM)
please correct me if i'm wrong..

I'M pretty sure if the juvenile becomes a ward of the state that the parent health insurance is voided.

g-day!

STATE of PA- DPW

Children in Substitute Care

http://www.dpw.state.pa.us/Child/ChildWelfare/003672629.htm

MA takes over.

runtothehills
QUOTE(Hope @ Aug 27 2007, 12:39 PM)
While doing taxes I've been told that parents who lose custody of their children through children and youth, are still required to pay support (not sure if this is accurate) so one would think that it makes sense that the parent would be required to keep them on their health care plan if they are incarcerated as well....


The problem arises when the child needs treatment at the detention center in Lancaster, but the family doctor is located in Adamstown.
Pericles
FYI-

THE "DIRT" ON PRIVATIZATION OF CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES IN THE USA.

PCI Home

http://www.privateci.org/index.html

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PA "DIRT" ON PRIVATIZATION-- LINK BELOW:
THE DIRT ON CORRECTIONAL CARE INC, PCM, ARMOR, PHS etc
Pennsylvania Hall of Shame
http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:8a9fVk...ennsylvania.htm
Daisy Lee Myers
QUOTE(Pericles @ Aug 27 2007, 03:56 PM)

The problem arises when the child needs treatment at the detention center in Lancaster, but the family doctor is located in Adamstown.

I see your point, however most plans cover you when you are out of town or for emergencies and the like. So the parent explains to the health care provider that the child needs a new "family" doctor which would be the prison doctor ....
Hope
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