Re:The World’s Cheapest Hospital Has to Get Even Cheaper
by hourislate on Thursday March 28, 2019 @04:37PM
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Should have taken Uber/Lyft. A lot of folks are now using them to go to Emergency.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/carolineodonovan/taking...
Re:The World’s Cheapest Hospital Has to Get Even Cheaper
by sneakernets on Thursday March 28, 2019 @04:48PM
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Did you even read what you linked? This is terrible!
Re:The World’s Cheapest Hospital Has to Get Even Cheaper
by pascalxus on Thursday March 28, 2019 @06:43PM
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Well, you need to just appear to not be sick and they'll accept you as a ride: don't barf allover the place as you get in, wait until the trip has started. After that, they have every incentive to deliver you to the hospital.
Sure, ideally we'd have reasonable ambulance pricing, but since that's not going to happen, taxis and ubers/lyft are the best thing.
Re:The World’s Cheapest Hospital Has to Get Even Cheaper
by FireBeyond on Thursday March 28, 2019 @04:34PM
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In Washington state that trip would have cost about $700 (I used to work in private EMS, now in Fire).
In Washington, the ambulance companies are separate.
In NY state, and particularly in the City, most ambulance companies are owned by the hospitals themselves. It's cost shifting.
Re:The World’s Cheapest Hospital Has to Get Even Cheaper
by pascalxus on Thursday March 28, 2019 @06:35PM
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Yup, they're real basterd. I'd give them a middle finger every time I see one, but it's not the driver/nurses who deserves the blame.
This is where regulation can play a good role. We really need to stop these predatory Hospitals.
The ambulance game is the real racket.