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Texas: $100 Medical Copay for Prisoners Generates Less Revenue than Expected

Loaded on Feb. 4, 2015 by Matthew Clarke published in Prison Legal News February, 2015, page 18
Filed under: Medical Expenses, Seizure of Prisoner Funds. Location: Texas.

In October 2011, when Texas enacted a law instituting a $100 annual copay for state prisoners seeking medical care, it was estimated the measure would generate $5.7 million in 2012 and help the cash-strapped state deal with a budget crisis. [See: PLN, Oct. 2012, p.42]. Instead, only $2.5 million ...

 

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