Medical Debt Behind Bars: New Report Examines the Impact of Medical Debt on Incarcerated People
Advocates Recommend Eliminating Fees for Medical Care in Prisons and Jails and Ending the Collection of Carceral Medical Debt
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Comments on Proposed Medicaid and Medicare Program Rules Amending Definition of Custody for Purposes of Medicare Exclusion (CMS-1809-P)
To improve access to healthcare for people leaving incarceration, CMS is proposing to change the definition of “custody” for the purposes of Medicare eligibility rules and the Medicare special enrollment period (SEP) for formerly incarcerated individuals. These changes would now expand Medicare eligibility to people on parole, probation, or home detention, resulting in improved access…
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Medical Debt Behind Bars: The Punishing Impact of Copays, Fees, and Other Carceral Medical Debt
This National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) report provides an overview of the carceral medical debt problem and policy recommendations and solutions to address the issue. The report provides background on the nature of carceral medical debt, including the complex healthcare needs of people who are incarcerated, what fees are assessed and why, how these fees…
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Captive Concerns: Incarcerated People Face Obstacles to Reporting Consumer Abuses
Consumer protection laws apply to incarcerated people. But because of incarcerated people’s limited and highly regulated contact with the outside world, they struggle to report consumer problems such as identity theft and fraud, as well as abusive practices perpetrated by the private companies that they must rely on for essential services and goods within correctional…
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Comments on Healthcare Consolidation RFI to DOJ FTC HHS
The National Consumer Law Center (on behalf of its low-income clients) submits the following comments in response to the Request for Information on Consolidation in Health Care issued by the Department of Justice (DOJ), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). We appreciate that the DOJ, HHS, and FTC…
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In re: California Bail Bond Antitrust Litigation
In re: Bail Bond Antitrust Litigation, 4:19-CV-00717-JST (N.D. Cal.) The class action lawsuit attacks illegal price fixing by the California bail bonds industry. The case was filed against the surety companies that underwrite bail bonds alleging that an unlawful antitrust conspiracy has kept bail bond premiums higher than they would be if the California bail-bonds…
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