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Medically unnecessary ambulance rides soar after ACA expansion
medicalxpress.com ^ | June 28, 2019 | University of Colorado Denver

Posted on 06/30/2019 7:04:10 AM PDT by BenLurkin

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To: House Atreides

I ended up in an ambulance once after a fall and they did all kinds of unnecessary things to boost the charges - neck brace, oxygen, IV, etc, like a full-blown trauma patient. In retrospect I should have insisted on a cab.


21 posted on 06/30/2019 7:25:12 PM PDT by GnuThere
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To: American in Israel

“Din du nothins”

No one talks like that around here and — surprise — the cities are not experiencing problems with ambulances used as taxis.


22 posted on 06/30/2019 7:28:05 PM PDT by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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To: Drew68

Too funny. My insurance paid 1k for each time the ambulance past the Deputy Chief’s home. (Deputy Chief is one of my neighbors.) In fact, if the guy who found me had put me in his car we would have been in ER five to ten minutes sooner. Slowest ride to ER I could have imagined. Literally at the peak of human pain and I’m wondering what route they are taking? The expensive route.


23 posted on 07/01/2019 10:22:33 AM PDT by TauntedTiger (Political correctness analyst/expert/victim)
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