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Another example of this: in the UK the government pays as much as £250,000 per year for severely autistic young people to be looked after in private homes and h
by masfuerte 3y ago
Another example of this: in the UK the government pays as much as £250,000 per year for severely autistic young people to be looked after in private homes and hospitals. Many of these were funded by private equity. They take huge profits and the level of care is disgraceful. Even when the patients are not being actively abused [1] they are not receiving any care as such. The homes and hospitals are little better than prisons.
[1]: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/apr/24/learning-disabled-autistic-neglect-uk-institutional-abuse https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/apr/24/learni...
- ryandrake 3y agoThis always always seems to happen, and the people never wise up. Government acts as a money funnel to private companies, who pocket as much as they can as profit and provide the most criminally minimal service they can get away with. And every time it happens and the people are ripped off, the answer is always “even moar privatization.”