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I've been following this story since last year and that is what I am wondering about as well. The procedures were performed at the request of law enforcement, s

I've been following this story since last year and that is what I am wondering about as well. The procedures were performed at the request of law enforcement, so the way I see it, law enforcement should be responsible for any charges incurred. Maybe there needs to be something in the law that people can't be billed under these circumstances.

FireBeyond 13y ago
This made me ponder, too. As a paramedic, we are often called to our County Jail. If the patient is in custody, the bill is sent to the County. If they didn't anticipate the patient being in custody much longer (awaiting a bail hearing, or drunk or such), they'd often start arranging their release after calling us. This would have handy "side effects", namely if they thought the patient was faking it, "now you're not in custody, you're going to get all these bills - still have chest pain?" That practice has been discontinued though. Some patients discovered that once off County property, they could AMA (refuse care against medical advice) and we'd have to let them go...