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13 Cardozo Pub. L. Pol'y & Ethics J. 797 (2014-2015)
Estelle v. Gamble in a Post-Affordable Care Act World

handle is hein.journals/cardplp13 and id is 849 raw text is: ESTELLE V. GAMBLE IN A POST-AFFORDABLE CARE ACT WORLD Hallie E. Mitnick* The degree of civilizalion in a sodey can be judged by entering itsprisos. - Dostoyevsky IN TRO D U CTIO N ............................................................................................ 798 I. THE ROAD TO A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO PRISON H EALTH CARE .................................................................................... 799 A . Case L aw pre-E stelle .................................................................... 800 B. The Turning Point.: Estelle v. Gamble ........................................... 801 II. PRISONERS' RIGHT TO HEALTHCARE POST-ESTELLE ............... 802 III. THE CONSTITUTIONAL STANDARD FOR CO-PAYMENTS ............ 804 IV. FAILURE TO PROVIDE HEALTHCARE AND REENTRY ................. 805 V. PRISON HEALTHCARE CO-PAYMENT SYSTEMS ............................ 807 VI. HEALTHCARE COSTS' FINANCIAL STRAIN ON INMATES ............ 812 Vii. THE REALITY OF PRISON HEALTHCARE WITH CO- PA YM EN T S .......................................................................................... 813 VIII. CRITIQUES OF THE ESTELLE MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL JUDGMENT STANDARD IN LIGHT OF EVOLVING PUBLIC POLICY REGARDING HEALTHCARE .............................................. 814 IX. INCLUSION OF ALL INMATES HEALTHCARE IN THE MEDICAID PROVISION OF THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT: A P A N A CEA ? .......................................................................................... 816 X. RECENT SUCCESS WITH MEDICAID INCORPORATION OF P RISO N E RS ......................................................................................... 8 17 C O N CLU SIO N ................................................................................................ 8 18 * J.D. Candidate, 2015, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law; A.B., 2012, Cornell Universi- ty. I would like thank the journal editors and staff for their diligence and contributions to this note. Thank you also to Professor Alexander Reinert for his mentoring, feedback, and sugges- tions. Additionally, I would like to thank my clients, past, present, and future, for inspiring me daily. Finally, I would like to thank my parents, sister, and grandparents, for their endless love and unwavering support throughout this process and my entire life.

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