(January 23, 2014 at 11:55 am)Minimalist Wrote: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.
Ok, got the news today and, once again, Utah makes the right move. They're expanding it.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/23..._hp_ref=tw
Damn. This is pretty damn cool.
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"If you cling to something as the absolute truth and you are caught in it, when the truth comes in person to knock on your door you will refuse to let it in." ~ Siddhartha Gautama