Editorial: Medical Parole Bill Makes Financial Sense
California lawmakers should pass a bill (SB 1399) to grant medical parole to the state's sickest inmates to save "nearly $75 million" annually and to "allow the state to tap federal funds for Medicare and Medi-Cal," the state's Medicaid program, a Sacramento Bee editorial states. The editorial says that the bill would affect only those inmates who "pose no threat to public safety" and are "permanently medically incapacitated," concluding that the bill "is a money saver at a time when every dime counts."
- "Lawmakers Should OK Medical Parole" (Sacramento Bee, 8/4).