Prison healthcare exists but is by no means a gold standard. It just needs to be good enough to not be negligence or abuse in terms of obligations. The stories

Prison healthcare exists but is by no means a gold standard. It just needs to be good enough to not be negligence or abuse in terms of obligations. The stories are still rare enough to warrant their own news articles. There is a long history of infamous "donut holes" in medical coverage via things like Medicaid on state by state basis. Even without the benefits people become better off as a write-off to collectors than to attempt pursuit, a state somewhat derogatorily called judgement-proof.