[dawhizkid]

If I ever developed a chronic illness in old age and would be on the verge of bankruptcy because of it, I would seriously consider committing a white collar crime and get free treatment in prison over suffering through the financial strain it would otherwise cause me.

[lasagnaphil]

Actually a similar phenomenon is happening throughout the elderly population in Japan: some commit crimes in purpose because nobody is caring for them anymore, so prison seems like a less lonely place than home...

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-03-16/japan-s-p...

[ams6110]

You won't get good medical treatment in prison.

[Waterluvian]

Define where? I would wager that in a lot of the modern world, you'd probably get adequate care.

[icebraining]

In those places, you can probably get better care outside prison.

[itake]

Even if you're as a tourist or immigrant?

There was an article recently on HN where a British citizen was shipped home for surgery instead of getting it done in Singapore by their travel insurance company.

[icebraining]

Would they get the surgery as a foreigner in prison?

[refurb]

You’d definitely get better care in the US by going on Medicaid. If you’ve worked enough to qualify for SSI (10 years), you’d be covered by Medicare!

[dawhizkid]

define "good"? chelsea manning got her transition treatment through prison

[BEEdwards]

Military prison though, pretty sure the rules are very diffrent.

[pavel_lishin]

She's definitively an outlier.

[hi41]

Don't. Sexual abuse in prison is very high.