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| Editorial - A dose of hope for prison care |
| By Detroit Free Press |
| Published: 07/18/2007 |
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LANSING, MI - A plan by the Department of Corrections to reform its dysfunctional prison health care system with regional managed-care contracts -- in effect, inmate HMOs -- holds great promise. Still, to ensure progress, the state must provide the kind of independent oversight that ended when the Legislature closed its Corrections Ombudsman's Office in 2003. Such oversight could also come from a medical ombudsman appointed by the governor. In any case, it will become especially important, at least initially, as the state contracts for inmate care with health maintenance organizations that have little or no experience in prisons. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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