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>from everyone the service stands ready to rescue So compelled health insurance to use an ambulance? You could just as well make it optional and charge people
by charcircuit 4mo ago
>from everyone the service stands ready to rescue
So compelled health insurance to use an ambulance? You could just as well make it optional and charge people without the insurance the full price.
- Avicebron 4mo agoSo everyone's covered unless you explicitly opt-out?
- charcircuit 4mo agoEveryone is covered and you have the ability to pay someone to take on the risk of having to pay for an ambulance.
- Avicebron 4mo agowhat happens to the people who don't pay someone to take that risk when they need an ambulance?
- charcircuit 4mo agoThen they pay for the ambulance.
- Avicebron 4mo agoWell then not everyone is covered.
- charcircuit 4mo agoTo me covered means that the ambulance will drive to your location.
- Avicebron 4mo agoHey man, don't worry about it, this is an international forum, English can be difficult. You seem kind of like a more junior/early in your career guy so, I'm happy to help out and explain. Covered in this case means that they don't have to pay some third party to take that risk for them, they can just get the ambulance as part of the nominal fee everyone pays per year or whatever. When you outline a problem statement, you want to map out what the person outlining the specs really mean. It takes practice.
- charcircuit 4mo agoThere is no need to be condescending to me and be arrogant despite you being ambiguous over which definition of the word you were using. You could simply end the conversation, realizing we were talking past each other but instead you decided to take jabs such as implying I am ESL, implying I am bad at English, and assuming I'm early in my career in order to attempt to belittle me.
- spzb 4mo agoOne thing that's often overlooked is the cost of administering a billing system. If you're going to distinguish between the insured and uninsured you need a system that keeps track of who has insurance. You need paperwork (or digital equivalent). You need accounts payable staff to send invoices and chase up unpaid bills. It can, counter-intuitively, work out cheaper just not to charge anyone.
- charcircuit 4mo agoThat is not required complexity. You can just send the bill to the customer.
- spzb 4mo agoWho is the “you” in this scenario?
- charcircuit 4mo agoThe company offering the ambulance surface. Similar to how a pool cleaning company will send you a bill if you call them and have them clean your pool.
- spzb 4mo agoGenerally, people who want their pool cleaned do so when they are conscious and have their pool very close to their home address. People who need ambulances are usually in a very different condition. That makes it a different prospect trying to chase payment.