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Imagine it's on its way and then someone with better health insurance outbids you, flies a different direction last moment.

lostlogin 5y ago
The service could make more money by broadcasting the footage and selling adverts. Successful CPR would be worth more to advertisers of course, but deaths also require a range of goods and services. Entirely sarcastic, but…
Symmetry 5y ago
Even in a country with a medical payment system as terrible as the US insurance is only a factor after an emergency, not during one. A homeless bum collapsing with a heart attack outside a hospital and they'll treat him just as well as Bill Gates. Now, outside an emergency like with followups after your heart is beating again this is a huge difference and going into collections after you can't pay is Not Fun. But lets not pretend the system is worse than it is.
shmerl 5y ago
We regret to inform you that your Trauma Team policy has expired due to lack of payment. Please remember to activate your card immediately, so we may continue to keep you healthy and safe in life's most dangerous moments. You can't afford to hesitate when your livelihood is at stake. Trauma Team
Dah00n 5y ago
Not likely in Sweden but in the US, well...
- galangalalgol 5y ago
  Order 66
teruakohatu 5y ago
Or more likely two drones crash trying to put compete each other to deliver a service with an insanely high charge rate.
- Symmetry 5y ago
  Yeah, that is something that could go wrong in the US system.
Kiro 5y ago
Imagine living in a country where you rely on health insurance to get emergency treatment.
- khazhoux 5y ago
  ... and where your health insurance is more-or-less tied to your employment status.
- bhelkey 5y ago
  Is there a specific country you are referencing?
  - cultofmetatron 5y ago
    pretty sure he's referring to the united states. The situation here is pretty horrific if you aren't privileged with a high paying job. There's a large part of the workforce holding onto shit jobs because they need the medical benefits. Dental is even worse. its cheaper for me to fly to latin america, get some dental work done and enjoy a month long vacation than to get the same procedures done in the united states.
    - bhelkey 5y ago
      > Imagine living in a country where you rely on health insurance to get emergency treatment. Since Emergency Medical Treatment & Labor Act (EMTALA) in 1986, hospitals in the US MUST provide emergency treatment regardless of ability to pay. If you go into labor, US hospitals will help you deliver. Even if you can't pay. There are real downsides to the US medical system but this isn't one of them.
      - cultofmetatron 5y ago
        Yea so you then end up on the street when you can't pay those bills and go bankrupt. Either way, my point stands that a lot of people are slaves to their employer for need of health insurance. Furthermore, proactive visits to the doctor aren't "emergencies." Prenatal checkups aren't either. Mom going into labor is not a good time for the doctors to find out the baby is coming in the wrong way or its head is stuck in her pelvis. I'm tired of people making excuses for the shit-show that is healthcare in the US. It only looks good if you're coming from the third world.

lostlogin 5y ago

The service could make more money by broadcasting the footage and selling adverts. Successful CPR would be worth more to advertisers of course, but deaths also require a range of goods and services. Entirely sarcastic, but…

Symmetry 5y ago

Even in a country with a medical payment system as terrible as the US insurance is only a factor after an emergency, not during one. A homeless bum collapsing with a heart attack outside a hospital and they'll treat him just as well as Bill Gates. Now, outside an emergency like with followups after your heart is beating again this is a huge difference and going into collections after you can't pay is Not Fun. But lets not pretend the system is worse than it is.

shmerl 5y ago

We regret to inform you that your Trauma Team policy has expired due to lack of payment. Please remember to activate your card immediately, so we may continue to keep you healthy and safe in life's most dangerous moments. You can't afford to hesitate when your livelihood is at stake. Trauma Team

Dah00n 5y ago

Not likely in Sweden but in the US, well...

galangalalgol 5y ago
Order 66

teruakohatu 5y ago

Or more likely two drones crash trying to put compete each other to deliver a service with an insanely high charge rate.

Symmetry 5y ago
Yeah, that is something that could go wrong in the US system.

Kiro 5y ago

Imagine living in a country where you rely on health insurance to get emergency treatment.

khazhoux 5y ago
... and where your health insurance is more-or-less tied to your employment status.
bhelkey 5y ago
Is there a specific country you are referencing?
- cultofmetatron 5y ago
  pretty sure he's referring to the united states. The situation here is pretty horrific if you aren't privileged with a high paying job. There's a large part of the workforce holding onto shit jobs because they need the medical benefits. Dental is even worse. its cheaper for me to fly to latin america, get some dental work done and enjoy a month long vacation than to get the same procedures done in the united states.
  - bhelkey 5y ago
    > Imagine living in a country where you rely on health insurance to get emergency treatment. Since Emergency Medical Treatment & Labor Act (EMTALA) in 1986, hospitals in the US MUST provide emergency treatment regardless of ability to pay. If you go into labor, US hospitals will help you deliver. Even if you can't pay. There are real downsides to the US medical system but this isn't one of them.
    - cultofmetatron 5y ago
      Yea so you then end up on the street when you can't pay those bills and go bankrupt. Either way, my point stands that a lot of people are slaves to their employer for need of health insurance. Furthermore, proactive visits to the doctor aren't "emergencies." Prenatal checkups aren't either. Mom going into labor is not a good time for the doctors to find out the baby is coming in the wrong way or its head is stuck in her pelvis. I'm tired of people making excuses for the shit-show that is healthcare in the US. It only looks good if you're coming from the third world.