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wisekrakens:
murphystopheles:
sassyandpunk:
ireallyluvdogs:
witwitch:
lachatteestvivante:
just-shower-thoughts:
In the USA, it’s 100x cheaper to take an Uber to the hospital instead of an ambulance.
I don’t know if this is true or..
Like, having to pay for an ambulance that is taking you to the hospital? That doesn’t make any sense. What kind of distopian world is that?
It costs thousands of dollars to ride in an ambulance
In America some people with chronic health conditions like epilepsy literally have to wear medical IDs that say “don’t call an ambulance/911”. Some well-meaning person calling an ambulance for you will turn into a thousand (or couple thousand) dollars that YOU are on the hook for, even though you didn’t make the call. So, PSA: if you see someone having a seizure, look for a medical ID! You should only call an ambulance if: the person is elderly, pregnant, or the seizure lasts more than 4 minutes. Otherwise, wait for the seizure to pass, then ask the person if they want an ambulance when they regain consciousness.
wtf
And people are against health care reform.
When a man dislocated his arm in my pool, I asked my boss to drive him to the hospital partly because I knew ambulances were expensive.
Worse if they have to medevac you. If the State Police come and it’s one of their helicopters, it’s only a few hundred dollars. If it’s a private company’s helicopter, it is somewhere around forty thousand dollars.
It is not covered by insurance.
There is no way of knowing which helicopter will come.
There is no way out of it. Generally, you go bankrupt. If you’ve survived. If you haven’t, your estate goes bankrupt.
wisekrakens:
murphystopheles:
sassyandpunk:
ireallyluvdogs:
witwitch:
lachatteestvivante:
just-shower-thoughts:
In the USA, it’s 100x cheaper to take an Uber to the hospital instead of an ambulance.
I don’t know if this is true or..
Like, having to pay for an ambulance that is taking you to the hospital? That doesn’t make any sense. What kind of distopian world is that?
It costs thousands of dollars to ride in an ambulance
In America some people with chronic health conditions like epilepsy literally have to wear medical IDs that say “don’t call an ambulance/911”. Some well-meaning person calling an ambulance for you will turn into a thousand (or couple thousand) dollars that YOU are on the hook for, even though you didn’t make the call. So, PSA: if you see someone having a seizure, look for a medical ID! You should only call an ambulance if: the person is elderly, pregnant, or the seizure lasts more than 4 minutes. Otherwise, wait for the seizure to pass, then ask the person if they want an ambulance when they regain consciousness.
wtf
And people are against health care reform.
When a man dislocated his arm in my pool, I asked my boss to drive him to the hospital partly because I knew ambulances were expensive.
Worse if they have to medevac you. If the State Police come and it’s one of their helicopters, it’s only a few hundred dollars. If it’s a private company’s helicopter, it is somewhere around forty thousand dollars.
It is not covered by insurance.
There is no way of knowing which helicopter will come.
There is no way out of it. Generally, you go bankrupt. If you’ve survived. If you haven’t, your estate goes bankrupt.
