Of course some will probably think that the real problem here is the "Cadillac coverage" that inmates get. Yank away medical care from inmates-- problem solved, they will say!
Apparently we are not alone in having people commit crimes to get medical care:
Man commits robbery for free health care in prison
A farmer in Beijing asked for a jail sentence after deliberately committing armed robbery in order to receive free medical treatment in prison for aplastic anemia, according to a Beijing newspaper.
The unidentified man was sentenced to 18 years for robbing an unlicensed taxi driver of his vehicle with a gun in Beijing's Miyun County on December 20, 2007, Beijing Shunyi District People's Court announced early this month.
``Prison will provide free medical
treatment for inmates if he or she has no family or the family can not
offer medical aid. It is regarded as a criminal's human right,'' the
court ruled, according to the report.
http://en.ce.cn/National/Local/200811/26/t20081126_17506680.shtml
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