Re:Biden launches action on "Big Tech, Big Pharma, and Big A...
by vletal on Monday July 12, 2021 @01:47AM
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In Czechia we have sufficient capacity of ambulances and other emergency services. What happens is that off peak they serve to help move old people to hospital, like a super expensive taxi. In these cases I can see how "emergency Uber" could help. On the other hand the doctors serving in these ambulances are usually extremely well prepared, the best MD students go to study to serve there. Even if it is one in a hundred cases, they will recognize the stroke from a random chest pain. Replacing them would surely increase the death rate in these cases...
Re:Biden launches action on "Big Tech, Big Pharma, and Big A...
by unishark on Monday July 12, 2021 @02:06AM
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Sure but you can make such an argument about every single medical issue. People can drop dead in a few days due to an unexpectedly aggressive toe infection. At some point we need to compare risks to costs.
There will always be a trade-off between quality and cost. If you accept nothing less than highest quality (enforced by law and an extremely litigious society), then you get the US hyper-inflation of healthcare prices.
Also in the US, I think ambulances typically only have EMT's and paramedics. Though sometimes it can cost as much as the ER itself.
There was a thread here a while back about something like an emergency-mode uber for replacing ambulances for most ER trips. Something similar might also be done for shopping for cheaper urgent care too perhaps. Say a clinic that is open late and will check out your scary rash/cough/pain without charging so much.