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Is this one of the comics I'm too European to understand? /s
But seriously, how fucked up is it for a sick person to ask for the costs... America needs a revolution. Your political system is beyond repair, I'm afraid.
American here.
I was tapping my palm on the bottom of a 1 liter glass bottle of pomogranate juice to loosen the lid and it popped in my hands.
So in the rhythm of the motion I stab myself fully on my wrist with the broken bottle.
My SO calls the ambulance while I rush to the sink to see if I nicked anything. No squirting blood but I got a nice deep gash.
Medics arrive in good time and I head out. They give me the once over and wrap it up. Tell me to get stitches that day. Not life threatening.
My very next question? So how much do I pay you guys?
They thankfully explained that you only get charged if they give a you a ride to the hospital. So I took a taxi to the ER to get my stitches to save myself the $1k+ fee.
You refused the ambulance. Now insurance can deny the claim as elective surgery.
Nope. Refuse the ambulance and they leave. They never even got my name let alone insurance.
Also American, I had something similar happen with an Ambulance. I did not get transported, but they still charged $2700. So, it might depend on where you live, or which ambulance company responded to the call.
That's some bullshit. Maybe it was my thing was a quick 5 minutes? Who knows...
Could vary based on state or company. Not naming my locale tho... Just USA.
It seemed like it was failing over the last 10 years or so... But yeah, it has officially failed at this stage.
It may not be completely beyond saving yet, but the direction we are heading is going to create an extremist response. We will either have a resurgence of sanity after the disgusting display of corruption, or a descent into chaotic action as the people of this country get fed up with being marginalized for the gains of rich and powerful assholes.
Luigi is an outlier right now... But if there are more, then we will know we've begun our descent into the less desirable path.
I've never had to ask, they pull the credit card machine to your bed before treatment at the ER hospital.
Wait and see how they switch from "Constitution" to "Terms of Service"...