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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

Oh my god what.

Here in Quebec, if you call an ambulance for something they deem non-emergency, you get a bill later for like $180. But if it’s anything like a loss of consciousness, chest pains, labour, whatever, or if you’re in a public place and a a well-meaning samaritan calls 911, it’s paid for by the government.

Seriously, everything about healthcare in the US makes me want to cry.

I was once charged $600 for walking into a hospital for a blood test. The blood test was one fee and then there was a $600 fee for my being “admitted” for about 10 minutes.

We argued and did not have to pay it in the end. But still.

*sings* I feel like I literally moved to the Hunger Games somtimes.

My buddy passed out from stomach cramps a couple months back (apparently there’s some nerve that deals with both blood pressure and stomach cramps or something). His girlfriend and her mother took him to the ER because that’s what you do when someone, yknow, passes the hell out for no apparent reason. The bill is definitely over a grand.

Don’t get sick, even for five minutes, dangit.

when my grandma had a stroke, the ambulance ride alone was $14,000

14 fucking grands? WHat the everloving fuck, murrica? 

Here in Germany you gotta pay 311,50 Euro for the ambulance with full equipment in case of an emergency, or 100 Euro for the smaller version of it; i.e the transport to a hospital (in non-life threatening cases where you are unable to get to a hospital yourself.) 

Both are costs that are covered by the state health insurance/care however, if calling an ambulance and/or transport was deemed necessary.