jtdavis posted:In DC, a crazy man with a gun was shot by capitol police. A bystander also suffered a wound. Who is responsible for her medical expense? She did nothing wrong. She was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Well, I pay insurance on my vehicle for non-insured drivers to protect me when I do nothing wrong other than being in the wrong place/time.
There will probably be lawyers standing in line asking the same question. And they will go after everyone . . . including whoever made the shrapnel as the instrument of her injury is being called.
So if she is not self-insured, she better hope the lawyers win because
If you can afford health insurance but choose not to buy it, you must pay a fee called the individual shared responsibility payment. (The fee is sometimes called the "penalty," "fine," or "individual mandate.")
https://www.healthcare.gov/fee...r-not-being-covered/
Or as Sheldon would say Bazinga!