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Study Suggests Former Inmates Struggle To Access Medical Care — Even When It’s Nearly Free. (stories.tamu.edu)

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Researchers found that many former prisoners, despite being enrolled in Medicaid, stop taking medications for chronic illness shortly after their release.

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[–] ogmios@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The study does not address why they stopped taking their medication

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yea, but this is kind of the lay up for doing that study. It's how science works. You do a lit review and examine what data we have now, then you do that stuff.

[–] ogmios@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Sure, but the title strongly suggests a reason, despite the study itself explicitly avoiding such speculation.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Marketing depts at unis do this shit all the time.

[–] ogmios@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

I die inside a little each time I see it. When there is a conflict between money and science, science should not be the one sacrificed for the sake of the other. Even if your only goal is money, wealth in a healthy society is worth vastly more than wealth atop a dung heap.