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Politics : Right Wing Extremist Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (22824)2/1/2002 7:45:11 PM
From: Ish  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 59480
 
<<A California prison inmate serving 14 years receives $1M heart transplant.
Meanwhile 500 Californians waited for hearts>>

Gotta fix the felon up so he can terrorize more fellow citizens. Californians get what they deserve.



To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (22824)2/1/2002 7:49:43 PM
From: KLP  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 59480
 
It will be interesting to see how that decision was made. His insurance probably would pay for it ....and his insurance is the TAXPAYERS!
Did you see the bottom of that article?????

>>>>>>> As for the cost of the transplant, Heimerich noted that inmates are typically less healthy than the average person due to "poor lifestyle choices."

The state's most recent annual medical bill for 156,000 inmates was $663 million, he said.
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