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Re:What I learned from reading a thousand emergency room bills by FireBeyond on Wednesday December 19, 2018 @06:15PM (#18720879)
> privatized ambulance services (which are outrageously expensive, on the order of $12,000 for the ride

What state? In Washington (and many, though definitely not all), ambulance prices are regulated, for this reason. When I worked private ambulance a couple of years ago it was $680 + $8/mi.

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Re:What I learned from reading a thousand emergency room bills by UnpossibleJim on Thursday December 20, 2018 @03:11PM (#18728656)
Seattle, but I guess I had some perks. I didn't itemize it. That was for everything. They did not take me to the closest hospital, either, for some reason.
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