BOISE -- The Idaho Supreme Court has ruled that an undocumented immigrant who was injured while living in Ada County is entitled to medical indigency assistance from Ada County.
The ruling was handed down Monday morning, with a majority of the justices siding with Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center.
The hospital sued the Board of Ada County Commissioners after they denied an application for medical indigency assistance from Javier Ortega Sandoval.
Sandoval had racked up medical bills of more than $187,000 after he had a stroke while working in the Boise region.
The high court found that undocumented alien status doesn't affect the determination of whether someone is a resident.
In other words, the concept of residency doesn't distinguish between citizens and those who entered the country illegally.
source: http://www.ktvb.com
Very interesting. I bet the detractors will be out in force.
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