As I understand it Bobad, US prison inmates are given intentionally minimal treatment and largely allowed only aspirin as pain relief. It does not sound like a good option. It is of course to save money.

One of the US contingent here some time ago posted survival rates for prostate cancer patients (and something else) in the USA and the UK - professing the US to be superior. What he overlooks was that in the UK everyone gets treatment. In the US only those who can afford it get treatment. Skews the stats somewhat.