Jail health care required, pricey -Concord (NH) Monitor

News stories that quote inmates griping about medical care at the Merrimack County jail really burn jail Superintendent Ron White.

He says those attacks cloud the real story: County taxpayers spend more than $1.3 million a year giving inmates, many of them in poor health, what White says is likely the best medical care they've ever received.

That care ranges from treating the common cold and prenatal pregnancy needs to serious illness and heart operations. The jail cannot refuse to treat a medical need. And if the inmate doesn't have insurance or the means to pay, which most don't, the county is obligated to pick up the tab.

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