September 14, 2010
Fed Receiver Kelso wants prison health care separated from CDCR
Eighteen months ago, I promised to reduce prison medical costs by up to $500 million while improving the quality of care ("Prison health care reform can save money"; Viewpoints, March 16, 2009). Now that the 2009-10 fiscal year has ended, it is time for me to report on my promise.
We began the year anticipating our expenditures would be $2.146 billion. During the year, we implemented substantial changes to improve quality of care while simultaneously reducing unnecessary costs. The result? A reduction of $408 million in our expenditures. That is almost a 20 percent reduction and just over 80 percent of what I had forecast 18 months ago. My executive team and staff in the 33 institutions deserve the credit for this success...
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