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just realized how wild it is you can be liable for the cost of an ambulance somebody else calls for you (hexbear.net)

submitted 9 months ago by AmericaDelendaEst@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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Like you're presumably unconscious and at no point ever consent to be liable for the cost, and yet people get billed. It's like if someone just came and did a bunch of work on your house when you were asleep and then sent you a bill.

Like, just wack. It's like if you passed out in Walmart and an employee put a cell phone in your pocket, took your money, then gave you a receipt, and people were like "hmm yes that's legit"

America must be destroyed

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[-] BaalInvoker@lemmy.eco.br 44 points 9 months ago

It's free in my country. The same with the medical care you receive: is free.

[-] TerminalEncounter@hexbear.net 36 points 9 months ago

It's not free in Canada, which is always a fun thing to explain. A little over $100. Unless you're being transported between facilities, then it's free (to the patient).

[-] invalidusernamelol@hexbear.net 41 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

It was $5000 for me and the ride was like 2 miles.

I was also unconscious and they maxed out my credit card and just left me in a hallway. Had to walk myself out. Then they billed me another $5000 for "diagnosis and saline"

It was a very rural hospital and the ambulance was privately run.