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Re:An Update on Dianna's Health (Physics Girl) [video] by zaroth on Thursday March 09, 2023 @10:17PM (#35089984)
True! It eliminated balance billing for almost everything except for land ambulances.

Got a $2,200 ambulance bill for taking my daughter 6 miles that was balance billed last year after insurance paid $600. Don’t know how land ambulances in particular managed to avoid being covered by the act, but just something to keep in mind if you have a non-critical injury and don’t need an ambulance.

Re:An Update on Dianna's Health (Physics Girl) [video] by paws on Thursday March 09, 2023 @10:49PM (#35090151)
> Don’t know how land ambulances in particular managed to avoid being covered by the act

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/22/upshot/ground-ambulances-...

Re:An Update on Dianna's Health (Physics Girl) [video] by pkaye on Friday March 10, 2023 @01:46PM (#35099028)
Some progress is better than none. Hopefully ambulances can be added in the future. One thing though I heard is ambulance services in rural area are barely solvent so just eliminating balance billing may put them under. Not sure if a better approach to funding is taxes or have insurance cover it.