Prison/ Incarceration

[03mustangdude]

Facebook friend posted a bill for his daughter to get a band aid, checkup and a steroid shot. His half was 450 with insurance paying 1800 ( supposedly based on bill). That's what the system has come to. Material cost - Maybe 3-5bux. Doctors cost+ his bills- Maybe 500-800 ( that's insane too) Who gets the other 1500+? Why is it even needed everyone still made a healthy profit all around.

[jnobles06]

Facebook friend posted a bill for his daughter to get a band aid, checkup and a steroid shot. His half was 450 with insurance paying 1800 ( supposedly based on bill). That's what the system has come to. Material cost - Maybe 3-5bux. Doctors cost+ his bills- Maybe 500-800 ( that's insane too) Who gets the other 1500+? Why is it even needed everyone still made a healthy profit all around.

my girlfriend got into a car wreck in Feb. She has no health insurance. It was $1k for the ambulance which is fair all things considered. Her actual hospital bill was almost $4000! She even declined the CT and X-ray because she knew she didn't have insurance! The only treatment she got was "mandatory" bloodwork, an IV, and they cleaned a wound on her head (which i still found glass in after we got home). She said after she declined the CT and X-ray their attitude changed and they treated her like shit. They didn't even give her any meds at the hospital, or even prescribe any medication for the pain. Its a fucking racket man.

[dcs13]

Here is a good article on auto insurance and whats coming next... Your car will tell on you and you're screwed.

http://www.star-telegram.com/2014/06/13/5896436/your-car-will-tell-on-you.html

[jnobles06]

Here is a good article on auto insurance and whats coming next... Your car will tell on you and you're screwed.
http://www.star-telegram.com/2014/06...ll-on-you.html

more control for profit under the guise of safety.

i remember when i found out the new fords started putting those ecu's in that recorded data in the s197 mustangs that could detect if they have been tuned. i think it was like 2008 maybe? i might be wrong, but that is why i will probably always drive vehicles made before then.

[dcs13]

more control for profit under the guise of safety.

i remember when i found out the new fords started putting those ecu's in that recorded data in the s197 mustangs that could detect if they have been tuned. i think it was like 2008 maybe? i might be wrong, but that is why i will probably always drive vehicles made before then.

Scary article isn't it ? Wish more of the sheep would read it and others like it. The info technology world is freakin scary

[jewozzy]

Ahh gotcha

[Fastlane]

that is true, but i think the privatization influence has affected all prison populations because privatization has made it lucrative for more and stricter laws, and laws affect all prisons is a jurisdiction not just the private prisons.

I read an article similar to this one a few days ago about private prisons and their lobbying efforts to keep weed illegal.

http://www.republicreport.org/2012/m...lobby-illegal/

[svauto-erotic855]

The Unions that public prison guards belong to have more influence over laws that keep the prison population high then the private prisons do. Private prisons are a symptom, not a cause. I believe that private prisons should not exist and would not convict an inmate of one who killed a guard at one.

[jnobles06]

I read an article similar to this one a few days ago about private prisons and their lobbying efforts to keep weed illegal.

http://www.republicreport.org/2012/m...lobby-illegal/

word. good article

The Unions that public prison guards belong to have more influence over laws that keep the prison population high then the private prisons do. Private prisons are a symptom, not a cause. I believe that private prisons should not exist and would not convict an inmate of one who killed a guard at one.

never really thought about it from that perspective. that's what the discussions are for. thanks for added the insight.