The cruelest cuts - The Boston Globe

The cruelest cuts - The Boston Globe: "The Institute of Medicine study noted that 600,000 to 700,000 people with severe mental illness are jailed each year, a ridiculously more expensive option than healthcare itself. A study by the health advocacy group Families USA found that unreimbursed care for the uninsured ultimately finds its way into our private premiums, to the average tune of $922 for families and $341 for individuals. By 2010, care for the uninsured could add an average of $1,502 and $532, respectively, to family and individual premiums."