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San Diego prison bureaucracies deny basic medical care
Blue - based on your comments I can only guess that you did not read the entire article. And to clear up any misunderstanding you have about receiving health care: ANYONE, regardless of income, can walk into an emergency room and get immediate attention, whether they have insurance or not. A public hospital, BY LAW, can't turn anyone away. PERIOD. Mr. Castaneda continued to be denied proper and timely medical attention, and since he was in custody he didn't have the ability to "just go to the nearest ER". I agree with you that health insurance is not something we all have and it's a problem for many. But we do have programs such as Medi-Cal, Medi-Care and Healthy Families for the truly desperate or needy. There are also insurance programs for the self-employed as well as programs that an individual can pay for themselves if they make too much money to qualify for either full Medi-Cal benefits, or co-pay Medi-Cal. But again, ANYONE (not in a prison or jail) can go to a public hospital's ER and get immediate medical attention.— December 11, 2008 10:45 p.m.
San Diego prison bureaucracies deny basic medical care
I am just speechless. Had Castenada been a dog in the pound, he'd have gotten much faster and more humane treatment before dying an excruciating and needless death. I hope his daughter wins the case. Although it will not bring her father back, it will be ONE MORE nail in California's Prison Coffin. Sadly, there are many "Castenada's" in our California prisons. For those of you who wonder "why" our prisons are under Receivership, this case alone should answer that question. It has been found that one inmate dies needlessly or from negligence and medical incompetence every 6 days in our prisons. It is also reported that (at least) one inmate suicide per week occurs. I feel like ranting and raving and quoting study after study after report after report, but I won't. Let me just ask - where has our humanity gone? We pass laws to protect chickens - CHICKENS THAT WE ARE GOING TO KILL TO EAT ANYWAY! - yet "We the People" (yes, VOTERS - WE) allow this rampant and unspeakable type of horror to thrive in our prisons. This story makes me not just ashamed to be a Californian, it makes me ashamed to be human.— December 10, 2008 10:54 p.m.