Quote:In 2005, Utah figured out that the annual cost of E.R. visits and jail stays for homeless people was about $16,670 per person, compared to $11,000 to provide each homeless person with an apartment and a social worker.
This seems like apples and oranges, though. Unless they have health insurance they are still going to have to go to emergency rooms in case of illness and, last I heard, Utah has still not made up its mind on Medicaid Expansion.