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ICE Has Stopped Paying Contractors for Detainee Medical Treatment | Despite ample funding, the agency halted payments in October. They may not resume for several months. (www.motherjones.com)

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This is step 1 in converting concentration camps into death camps.

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[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

The people in detention don't get any choice when doctors who aren't getting paid stop working. They just go without care, with a whole lot presumably dieing of preventable causes. Like this

“The most frequent feedback we got was the inadequacy of the medical care they are receiving,” said Schiff. He described meeting a diabetic detainee who he said has not received treatment for her condition in two months. “That’s frightening,” he said.