Study Suggests Former Inmates Struggle To Access Medical Care — Even When It’s Nearly Free. (stories.tamu.edu)
from Bee@mander.xyz to science@mander.xyz on 22 Mar 06:38
https://mander.xyz/post/26901528

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 on 22 Mar 07:22 collapse

The study does not address why they stopped taking their medication

fossilesque@mander.xyz on 22 Mar 21:44 collapse

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 on 22 Mar 22:53 collapse

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

fossilesque@mander.xyz on 22 Mar 23:00 collapse

Marketing depts at unis do this shit all the time.

ogmios@sh.itjust.works on 23 Mar 00:59 collapse

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.