Researchers found that many former prisoners, despite being enrolled in Medicaid, stop taking medications for chronic illness shortly after their release.

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    Yea, but this is kind of the lay up for doing that study. It’s how science works. You do a lit review and examine what data we have now, then you do that stuff.

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      Sure, but the title strongly suggests a reason, despite the study itself explicitly avoiding such speculation.

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        3 days ago

        Marketing depts at unis do this shit all the time.

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          I die inside a little each time I see it. When there is a conflict between money and science, science should not be the one sacrificed for the sake of the other. Even if your only goal is money, wealth in a healthy society is worth vastly more than wealth atop a dung heap.