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Re:How I Got the $84k Hepatitis C Drug for $1500 by Buying I... by linuxkerneldev on Monday May 09, 2016 @06:00AM (#11658616)
> way worse than what I read about the American system.

Is it though?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_incarcera...

- the incarceration rate of the United States of America was the highest in the world, at 716 per 100,000 of the national population.

India is 33/100k. We've got 20 times more of our own American citizens behind bars than the typical 3rd wordl country.

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Re:How I Got the $84k Hepatitis C Drug for $1500 by Buying I... by ptaipale on Monday May 09, 2016 @07:06AM (#11658857)
Your incarceration rate is a different issue from how prisoners are treated (or mistreated), particularly regarding health care in prison.

Over here (Finland), there's a popular meme about "let's put elderly people in prison, so they get a bed of their own, a daily shower, good food and someone to take care of their mental well-being". Even if our old people's care in public institutions is probably one of the better-arranged among nations.

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