FLA AG SAYS STAND YOUR GROUND LAW WILL COVER HOSPITAL STAFF WHO DEFEND THEMSELVES AGAINST PATIENTS WITHOUT HEALTH INSURANCE

by R J Shulman

TALLAHASSEE, Florida -  (PTSD News Service) – Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi has issued an opinion that the state’s controversial “Stand Your Ground Law” will protect hospital workers who shoot uninsured persons who are seeking emergency medical care.  “With the expected overturn of Obamacare,” Bondi said, “hoards of the uninsured will certainly descend upon state hospitals when they are very sick or injured.  It’s certainly fair and in the state’s best interest that hospital personnel be allowed to shoot those that threaten hospital safety and the state budget which will take quite a beating if the state hospitals are forced to provide emergency medical care for the uninsured.

Twenty five other states are contemplating putting in place Stand Your Ground laws to provide protection for state hospitals and employees.