Hospitals in AZ potentially to require proof of citizenship

[Byte Stryke]

What if he walked in the door is what I am saying. Triage nurse turns him around? dies on the curb? thats great for business, I'm sure hospitals will be all over this

So if I rob a Bank, get shot (Just a Shoulder shot) in the process, should I fear going to the hospital?
Should they NOT report me?
They aren't Cops, They should stay out of it!

Right?

Just as relevant, the law is the law and they are breaking it.
By NOT reporting a known criminal the hospital is committing a crime. Just as if they did not report the gunshot wound.

I Do see your point Mat, I simply dont agree with it.

[BigMat]

So if I rob a Bank, get shot (Just a Shoulder shot) in the process, should I fear going to the hospital?
Should they NOT report me?
They aren't Cops, They should stay out of it!

Right?

Just as relevant, the law is the law and they are breaking it.
By NOT reporting a known criminal the hospital is committing a crime. Just as if they did not report the gunshot wound.

I Do see your point Mat, I simply dont agree with it.

Afraid not, I make/will make no legal judgements, ever. Not my place. I happily let cops on my box, stood with them in ERs but my place wasn't to put cuffs on anybody, and I don't want it to be, ever. It will ruin what health care is.

There is a law, or better no law making a medical person report all but a few crimes or threats of crimes (rape, abuse, murder, suicide, etc.). If a man was on my box with a GSW, guess what, I didn't call the police. I didn't ask what he did, I would ask about the GSW to treat it better. i.e. when, where, with what, how long ago, list goes on. But not, "what were you doing you felon POS?" I have also transported stab wounds with no PD involvement. I am not a detective, I am not going to play dress up and pretend I am one.

I have transported criminals, fresh from crimes, my job was to treat them, not to judge them, just as a combat medic treats the friends and the foes. We treated the drunk driver and the woman he ran into. We treated the drug addict and the man with CHF. It is what we do.

This isn't to say we are blind, I remember a day standing in an ER with a cop friend of mine, a little boy had been beaten half to death by his dad. I asked why so many cops were in the ER. He said because dad wasn't locked up yet, the cops were there to keep him safe, from us.



Health care comes from a long back round of treating those in need. A better fix if tax payers don't want to pay for illegals is to get gov't out of health care as a whole, but be prepared to deal with that as well.