6mo ago

A health care provider that faced dozens of prisoner lawsuits is filing for bankruptcy

www.npr.org /2024/12/27/nx-s1-5223873/wellpath-prison-bankruptcy-lawsuits

For years, Wellpath, the largest commercial provider of health care in jails and prisons across 37 states, has been the target of federal lawsuits and scrutiny by lawmakers for its practices that have been alleged to cause long-term health problems and the deaths of dozens of incarcerated individuals.

As part of the bankruptcy proceedings, a federal judge in Texas granted a pause in all lawsuits that involve Wellpath. Legal proceedings in such cases can take years in normal circumstances, but Wellpath's bankruptcy means dozens of those cases, like the Capaci case, are on hold for the foreseeable future.

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And has already formed an LLC to bid on the assets so it can reform the company clear of the legal responsibilities of the last one.
- Me: How hard is it to just not be a piece of shit?
  Piece of shit reforming to buy itself to be a piece of shit under a new name.
  Really really hard I guess...

It's sad, but... You gotta love the irony of Luigi's health now depending on a carceral healthcare provider. Something tells me he's gonna wait a long longer than other inmates to get an aspirin tablet.
- I can't say I do love that irony... It's not like prison healthcare is so amazing just because they don't have to pay for insurance.
  
  It was sarcasm. There's nothing to love about it of course.
  Luigi or not, there's nothing good to be said about the privatized US prison system. It's all shades of terrible, like everything that's driven by greed and almost completely unregulated. But it's made even worse by the customer base being literally captive.

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