Sacred Heart Medical Center v. Kootenai County Commissioners

WALTERS, Justice.

This is a medical indigency ease. The issue presented for review is whether all of the outstanding bills of the applicant for county assistance, even those he has not been paying on, must be included in determining the applicant’s available resources. The Board of Commissioners for Kootenai County excluded an unrelated debt owing to the same hospital which had provided the medical services and a loan from friends that the applicant had not been making payments on and determined that there was discretionary income available after the applicant’s ordinary expenses, and…