Like imagine you suffer injuries in an armed robbery, or from a hurricane or other severe climactic event. Do the hospitals still expect you to pay money even in those cases? I imagine it also applies to police brutality.
I ask because an acquaintance got a broken leg from being ran over by police in a protest recently and, naturally, everybody just called an ambulance and they got to the hospital and that was that, because free healthcare here is a universal right (even if severely underfunded). But then with the recent protests in the US I realised even getting a broken finger from being handcuffed could actually cost people real money.
Generally speaking, no. However, depending on the hospital in question and their policies, there are hospitals who will waiver the cost if you are a victim of a crime. I happen to know this because there is a local hospital near me tagt do exactly this. Some other hospitals, again depending on the individual hospital, have programs where they can assist with the cost for patients who are unable to foot the bill because of a lack of resources. But that is not every hospital, and more than likely you will be expected to foot the bill no matter what.