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Yes. Nobody in Europe can even believe that things like ambulance rides could be anything but free. Those stories sound like depressing dystopia from a post-apo
by mopsi 6y ago
Yes. Nobody in Europe can even believe that things like ambulance rides could be anything but free. Those stories sound like depressing dystopia from a post-apocalyptic sci-fi movie.
- kasey_junk 6y agoFor nearly all US tech. workers an ambulance ride will be free or a nominal deductible.
- tptacek 6y agoWait, what? No. That is definitely not true. We have very good insurance, and every ambulance ride has cost a fortune.
- kasey_junk 6y agoYou have insurance where an ambulance ride doesn’t just apply to your deductible? I believe it but have never had an insurance plan like that.
- tptacek 6y agoI've had insurance from Arbor (Blue Cross) pre-ACA, from Erin's job at the Latin School (Blue Cross) pre-ACA, from Matasano (United), from BCBS on the ACA marketplace (and now at Fly, but that doesn't matter b/c...) and ambulance trips in all 4 of those, and all of them cost a fortune. Later Erin also points out that beyond the deductible cost, your ambulance has to be in-network, or it's not covered at all --- that bit our family too. I'm a defender of our insurance system, weird as that sounds, but even I won't try to stick up for how we handle ambulances.
- juliusmusseau 6y agoThe ambulance rates where I live (Vancouver, BC, Canada) always make me blink: Insured: $50 flat rate, ground or air. Uninsured: $848 flat fee (ground service) $4,394 per hour (helicopter) http://www.bcehs.ca/about/billing/fees http://www.bcehs.ca/about/billing/fees
- pheug 6y agoThe swiss right in the center of europe can very well imagine https://www.srf.ch/news/schweiz/2500-franken-fuer-62-kilometer-horrende-preise-fuer-ambulanzfahrt https://www.srf.ch/news/schweiz/2500-franken-fuer-62-kilomet...