U.S. transition to 988 suicide and crisis lifeline begins Saturday

Re:U.S. transition to 988 suicide and crisis lifeline begins... by reaperducer on Saturday July 16, 2022 @07:27PM (#32122886)

I find this hard to believe. I work in healthcare, and occasionally see billing numbers as part of my job. Even when we send an air ambulance helicopter to a remote part of the desert, it doesn't cost $12,000.

Related to the rest of this thread, a family member was hurt at work about six months ago and needed a 12-mile ambulance ride. The ambulance company billed the company's insurance $1,400. The company's insurance actually paid a little over $300.

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Re:U.S. transition to 988 suicide and crisis lifeline begins... by bombcar on Saturday July 16, 2022 @09:01PM (#32123416)

Someone is subsidizing something on an air ambulance if it doesn't hit $12k. Those things are $1k/hr just as a baseline, and that's before you even try to pay for a pilot or anyone else.

However, they're usually managed by air/rescue and therefor part of the fire department or equivalent.

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Re:U.S. transition to 988 suicide and crisis lifeline begins... by morelisp on Sunday July 17, 2022 @05:59AM (#32125591)

I don't know what to tell you, it's what the bill said. Like everyone has already mentioned, I'm sure my insurance didn't pay that much but that doesn't make the situation make any more real sense; and even at the minimum of $500 the unfavorable comparison to a worst-case situation in Canada remains.

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