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Better yet, image if masses had free access to ambulances! Oh wait, this is the case in most 1st world countries...
by andmarios 10y ago
Better yet, image if masses had free access to ambulances! Oh wait, this is the case in most 1st world countries...
- Tempest1981 10y agoSometimes it's hard to get the ambulances to show up quickly, even in Silicon Valley: http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_23119425/santa-clara-county-threatens-yank-rural-metros-ambulance http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_23119425/santa-clara-county-th... Private enterprise, trying to maximize profit. Public services, trying to minimize costs. Mostly works.
- gozur88 10y agoFree? No, of course not. You pay for them as part of your taxes. It isn't any cheaper to pay a bunch of government bureaucrats who use what's left to provide ambulance service than to just pay the ambulance myself.
- mandeepj 10y agoI pay taxes but for ambulance I paid around $750 for a ~8 mile trip. I think everyone.has to pay for an ambulance. Not sure about senior citizens
- gozur88 10y agoSo if you paid more taxes and the ambulance was "free", how is that better?
- manicdee 10y agoYou pay while you are able to earn. The service is free when you are unable to earn. This form of socialist self insurance is much more efficient than a bunch of private ambulance companies selling subscriptions (aka "ambulance insurance").
- gozur88 10y agoIn most places in the US ambulance service is contracted out by the local government.