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July 10, 2009

The Many Benefitis of Community-based Healthcare

A public forum letter discusses the importance of community-based inmate healthcare in reducing prison populations and repeat offenders. The letter contends that a community-based approach has a positive affect on the management of addictions, mental issues, contagious diseases and domestic violence.

“We look at HPL as preventative. What we pay is a fraction of what you’d pay with a lawsuit. Bottom line, working with HPL is being proactive.”