After reading all this and gone from Patient care to Logistics over the last 30+ years my take.

Normally no one is every turned away from the ER. There are many documented cases where hospitals have used there divert function to send the non-insured elsewhere. This is all because of the bottom line. It has happened.

As far as the law they are trying to pass So far I do not see where it would affect ER patients. There are already many things that trigger a report from ER docs but I do not see this as one.

It WILL be the administrators (read bean counters) that should be reporting this. Any and all elective procedures require so much documentation on insurance and everything else that I for one do not see this as an issue.

Hospitals are suffering greater losses than ever because the pool of insured has dropped almost 30% in the last couple of years because of the job market.

Many places already have controls in place. Once you get past the stabilized state in the ER most want to know who is going to pay for the rest of it.

The ER IS where most of the money on people that cant pay is being spent. I still look at the ER as a place to go when I have an emergency. Many treat them as regular provider and go if they have a cold.

IMO the AZ bill is more of a feel good bill than anything else.

It is a sad state all around because to be honest I think the whole bloody system is broke.

So in the end not much will change. Illegal may be Illegal
but the laws in place long ago will not make the current problem go away unless you remove the population that are abusing them.

And my great father in law? that was here from Mexico City a few months ago agrees.