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The court-appointed receiver in charge of prison medical care in California wants $8 billion from the strained state budget to bring inmate health care up to constitutional levels. We discuss what this means during a budget battle, and whether inmate health care has improved in the two years since federal oversight began.

Guests:

Clark Kelso, receiver - California Prisons

George Runner, California State Senator

Michael Machado, California State Senator

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