That might be a little bit exaggerated, but it is pretty insane. In the U.S. ambulance companies have been specifically set up to be out-of-network, so citizens get slapped with these awful bills.
www.usatoday.com
Welcome to unchecked private monopoly pricing. The majority of their theft actually comes straight from the government which generally doesn't check and can't legally negotiate such billings (thanks Republicans!)
It’s sad seeing many Canadians willing to vote for him if it was between him or Trudeau.
That's why you vote for Fire and Rescue levies.
More Trump volunteer brown shirts.
It isn’t I had a transfer between ERs in the same metro area nothing weird and not critical and the bill was over 6 grand before insurance.That might be a little bit exaggerated, but it is pretty insane. In the U.S. ambulance companies have been specifically set up to be out-of-network, so citizens get slapped with these awful bills.
Half of ambulance rides yield surprise medical bills. What's being done to protect people?
No Surprises Act protects consumers from costly surprise bills during emergency medical care, but not from ambulance bills.
I was getting well in one healthcare facility but I had another issue that had to be addressed by the hospital next door. It was a one hundred yard walk to the hospital but they insisted they had to transfer me by ambulance. I think the ride was around $2000 and that was back in the mid 2000's.
Not always... I had to pay $300 for a non-emergency transport from one hospital to another facility 1.4 miles away. If it sounds stupid, that's because it is. IIRC they originally billed $1200 or so.
Note dark money where most billionaires contribute into PAC's isn't limited or tracked or included in that half-a-billion figure. But the official (non-dark money) contributions are tracked in immense detail:
www.opensecrets.org
I seen a video of a seagull eating a squirrel. OMG these aliens need to go back into the sea.
And the EMTs get paid barely above minimum wage.
It's such a stupid policy to require that. There's no reason an orderly couldn't have rolled you over in a wheelchair if they didn't want you walking due to liability etc.
A bird hit my window and when I went to see what it was, a squirrel grabbed it as it was still squirming and ran up a tree with it. Apparently those nuts and acorns aren't enough protein, lol.
I knew an EMT they get decent pay but a chuck of it is from overtime. I think he made around $80k.
In some areas (looking at you, Long Island), it's because the predominant employers of said EMTs needs to buy fancy new fire trucks and clubhouses for their volunteers, instead of redirecting resources to the primary drivers of emergency calls.
Shouldn’t have to work 60-70 hour weeks to make decent money.
The only thing Donald Trump oozes is hair dye and McDonald's grease.
Honestly, Out of everthing that was said, both by Trump and Harris, the fact that she baited him so easily, is the most important and dangerious thing that every American should take from this debate. She highlighted one of the most dangrious character flaws that any President could ever have. If she can continuously manipulate him so easily in 90 minutes, it shows, that he can be, and will be manipulated by our enemies, both domestic and foreign. That character flaw alone should make every American, regardless of party, realize that he can never be President again.
