Dummies share ambulance lies

[BEG]

Could be that she didn't have enough money earned into it.  Then, she wouldn't be eligible for Medicare A.

Could be

[GOBUCKS]

$25K is way, way high. But you have to realize that to most DUmmies there is little difference between $25,000 and $2,500. Both are fantastic sums, available only to the filthy rich.

[PatriotGame]

LiberalArkie  (678 posts) Wed Jan-27-10 11:11 AM
Response to Reply #3
13. Same here
   
I live 40 miles for the hospital. I cut my hand with a saw. The paramedics came and bandaged it, called a helicopter and transported me to the site. I had no choice but to take the helicopter, BC/BS pays $1000 for transport. The Ambulance charged $695 for the 2 mile trip, The Helo charged $25,000 for the 30 air miles to the hospital..

I found out that the Paramedics/Ambulance co gets a cut of the helo ride..

Oh I can top that:
One time, at band camp, I tripped and scrapped my knee. The nurse got a cut of the transportation costs to the hospital.
She called NASA and they flew in the Space Shuttle to fly me the 40 miles to hospital.

[Karin]

Clearly a case for CSI Des Moines.  I think he offed her.  

As for the $25K, the DUmmie did run into that same article.  

[The Village Idiot]

How is the man not charged with failure to render aid?

He couldn't put her in a car and take her to the hospital?

Just let her lie there and die, did he?

and the DUmmies don't eve notice this?

[The Village Idiot]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1207151/Woman-gives-birth-pavement-refused-ambulance.html

Woman gives birth on sidewalk after being refused ambulance - UK

[crockspot]

What a bunch of horse shit. I went to my rural health clinic yesterday, they looked at me for two minutes, and called 911 for an ambulance to take me to the regional hospital. No ifs ands or buts. All I wanted was a shot of lasix. After an ambulance ride, several hours in the ER, lots of tests, etc., they gave me a shot of lasix. Except now I was two hours away from my vehicle.  

btw, the nurse told me that if i did not have insurance, he could have gotten me a ride back to my car, but since I had insurance, I was on my own.

[The Village Idiot]

btw, the nurse told me that if i did not have insurance, he could have gotten me a ride back to my car, but since I had insurance, I was on my own.

lol. Cabride?

[BEG]

What a bunch of horse shit. I went to my rural health clinic yesterday, they looked at me for two minutes, and called 911 for an ambulance to take me to the regional hospital. No ifs ands or buts. All I wanted was a shot of lasix. After an ambulance ride, several hours in the ER, lots of tests, etc., they gave me a shot of lasix. Except now I was two hours away from my vehicle.  

btw, the nurse told me that if i did not have insurance, he could have gotten me a ride back to my car, but since I had insurance, I was on my own.

What happened to you Crock?  What is lasix?  Are you ok now?

[crockspot]

What happened to you Crock?  What is lasix?  Are you ok now?

Cab would have cost 80 bucks, luckily we have these free busses, but being shot up with lasix (dieuretic) and then put on a bus for two hours is not fun. Had to beg the drivers to stop every fifteen minutes so I could run into the fields to pee.

I had a little congestive heart failure due to fluid buildup. It's under control now.

[LC EFA]

When we moved here to Orange County the city offered a service (through the water bill) where you "prepaid" for an ambulance. I believe you have to pay the fee every year.  It's under $100.  We didn't opt in as it would be covered under our insurance.

Some years ago our state government came up with the idea that our Ambulance cover should be charged as a compulsory part of the electricity bill.

Before then there was a "Subscription" service that was a couple hundred $ per year - if you were a subscriber you rode "free" , if not you got gouged a couple G pretty much no matter how far they had to drag you.

[The Village Idiot]

Some years ago our state government came up with the idea that our Ambulance cover should be charged as a compulsory part of the electricity bill.

Before then there was a "Subscription" service that was a couple hundred $ per year - if you were a subscriber you rode "free" , if not you got gouged a couple G pretty much no matter how far they had to drag you.

lol. You know most counties have a hospital tax for the public hospital, or county-general in some states. Why wouldn't they just tack the ambulance fee to that? Wouldn't that make more sense?

[LC EFA]

lol. You know most counties have a hospital tax for the public hospital, or county-general in some states. Why wouldn't they just tack the ambulance fee to that? Wouldn't that make more sense?

Yeah well we still pay the medicare levy.. That is on a federal level.

The amboTax is a state administered fee that they wanted to charge to as many people as possible - thus on the electricity bill.

[Chris_]

lol. You know most counties have a hospital tax for the public hospital, or county-general in some states. Why wouldn't they just tack the ambulance fee to that? Wouldn't that make more sense?

In this state, the EMS ambulance service (including helo transport) is part of the county fire department, and is financed, at least in part, out of property tax revenue.........a charge is levied for a service, but it is generally tailored to meet the reimbursement levels of Medicare, and most insurance carriers.

If one is indigent here, the ride is free.......

doc

[Carl]

In this state, the EMS ambulance service (including helo transport) is part of the county fire department, and is financed, at least in part, out of property tax revenue.........a charge is levied for a service, but it is generally tailored to meet the reimbursement levels of Medicare, and most insurance carriers.

If one is indigent here, the ride is free.......

doc

I have never needed such but from what I have been told here is that if there is no insurance the ride is free but if a person is insured they will send a bill.

Our rescue squads are mostly volunteer with some minimal support from the towns and counties.

[JohnnyReb]

The Obama voters here call EMS like it's a free taxi service. Of course for them, it is.

[Chris_]

It's a European Shoulder bag.

...it was a gift...

 

[tuolumnejim]

Does that $25,000 figure sound accurate? My cousin had to be flown by Leer jet from S.E. Georgia to a burn center in North Carolina a couple of years back. I can't remember how much she said it cost, but I didn't think it was that high.

Where we are if anything of a serious nature happens you need to be transported from our local hospital via air ambulance around 60 miles and it can get pricey, my wife bought through her work an insurance policy just for that, cost 40.00 a year for our entire household.