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Meanwhile the EMTs make $12/hr :(
by mondo9000 8y ago
Meanwhile the EMTs make $12/hr :(
- wymy 8y agoI'm one and make $11/hr.
- vkou 8y agoWhere is all the money going? Does the ambulance have a solid-gold steering wheel?
- sneakernets 8y agoProfit?
- eli 8y agoMost people don't/can't pay their hospital bills.
- vkou 8y agoMost? Like, over 50%? If this is true, the system is completely broken. If it's not true, then the system is completely broken, but in a different way.
- null000 8y agoBut yeah, I assume it's a combination of: * Most people pay through their insurance, so they don't have to pay the sticker price or anything resembling it * Some people going on payment plans and getting stuck in debt basically forever * Some people bargaining their bill down, paying pennies on the dollar * Some people going into collection, paying pennies on the dollar Of course, it's absurd that all 3 out of 4 paths require you to take extra, often really painful steps (collection + bankruptcy, maintaining insurance, or long drawn-out negotiation) just to pay a reasonable price for something that is 100% non-optional and most countries provide for much-closer-to-free. But that's kinda what happens when the system is broken
- eli 8y agoDepends how you measure, but I feel pretty confident saying that most US hospital bills have never been fully paid off.
- mcv 8y agoSo prices are excessive because too many people don't pay their bills, leading more people to be unable to pay their bills, leading to even higher prices.
- LeftTurnSignal 8y agoThat is what we continue to be told, yes. So my 15 minutes $600 allergy appointment that insurance refused to cover (after covering the same damn appointments for 12 years) is that high because of others, or so I keep hearing...
- JshWright 8y agoHahaha... No, the ambulance is a 10 year old Chevy 2500 w/ 150k miles...
- eftychis 8y agoYou pay for the people that are not insured, can or do not pay, and also for the profit margin.