badbills.com    2009 Session - MONTANA 

Bad Bill Bob's Commentary on LC0359

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
The unintended consequences of this bill, if passed in original form, will be that                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
every person injured on the highways that possibly could be charged w/reckless,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
or endangerment or DUI or some other crime (at some time), and is first treated by the                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
hospital will get free taxpayer medical care - REGARDLESS if that person is actually                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
EVER charged w/any crime?!                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
The passage of this bill is going to cause all sorts of litigation between law                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
enforcement agencies, different counties and the hospitals.  Meanwhile the                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
criminal gets a 100% free health insurance courtesy of county taxpayers. (This                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
kinda sounds like universal health care for lawbreakers)