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Re:Doctors Without Borders doesn't take money from EU anymore by zrhtz on Saturday June 18, 2016 @08:39AM (#11928300)
My old neighbor died some time ago. He was bedridden for several years and his wife dedicated all her time and money to provide care at home. When she had to get him to the hospital for a routine checkup, she had to call an ambulance because there was no other way to get him there. The ambulance drivers couldn't guarantee her that she wouldn't have to pay the bills for his transport. Two people who paid taxes their whole life, two people who paid health insurance their whole life.

Meanwhile ten thousands of refugees get these transports for free plus the state pays for interpreters during their hospital visit... tell me how this is fair without using your wishy washy talk about "entitledness" and "winning the birth lottery".

Re:Doctors Without Borders doesn't take money from EU anymore by Robin_Message on Saturday June 18, 2016 @08:44AM (#11928320)
The fact that an apparently civilised country can't work out how to provide free ambulances is completely orthogonal from whether or not we should meet our international obligations to care for and protect refugees.
Re:Doctors Without Borders doesn't take money from EU anymore by k-mcgrady on Saturday June 18, 2016 @09:45AM (#11928567)
We don't have to pay for ambulance services in the UK. Charging for that is insane. That's the part that isn't fair in your scenario.