Our county hospital administrator took the position the other day that the hospital did not have time to bid on the contract to provide medical services to our county jail.
Getting control of the children’s hospital is more important according to him.
The children’s hospital mess is one that our county officials created.
Now we will have to continue sending more money out of town because the hospital does not have time to look at serving our prisoners.
I don’t understand why there is even a discussion about this. Commissioner’s court has authority over the county hospital budget. They have authority over the jail budget.
Why do we even need bidding here? Commissioner’s court should simply tell the county hospital that they will do the work, that is unless they are concerned that the quality of care the detainees will receive will lead to lawsuits.
We deserve better
Brutus
elpasospeak 
Excellent observation about it being an opportunity for an intra-government transaction. This situation makes no sense at all.
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The same County-City government you criticize almost daily is who you want to run the County Jail healthcare???
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Maybe the contractor has made some “strategic contributions.” It’s happened before and will happen again.
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the state will reimburse many of the costs. make them take care of em. we pay them to do it.
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