So, kudos to former Congress members Charlie Dent and Jim Greenwood, former Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Sandra Schultz Newman, former Lt. Gov. Pennsylvania, however, hasn’t treated prisoner health care as a constitutional or human right. Physicians for Criminal Justice Reform has also called for the Department of Corrections to end medical co-pays in Pennsylvania state prisons. But it’s a naïve and specious argument when applied to people who don’t have money, or must choose between health care and food, or health care and phone calls to family members and loved ones. Rather than fighting to get out of the lawsuit, the Supreme Court should use its broad powers over the court system to fight opioid addiction.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer July 21, 2022 19:21 UTC