I think the real question here is vast landscape. You could have a 25-year old who is addicted, and over a 20-year period....the ambulance is called on 200 occasions to save the guy. You can add up the cost and ask yourself...how much compassion do you have, and if it’s $4,000 for a ambulance ‘trick’...this all adds up.
In my book...once the EMT team assesses it’s an Opioid problem...the hospital team ought to access a database and note this is the 4th time for the guy, and then pack up to leave. Tell the cops to wait till he’s expired and then call the local coroner’s office to pick him up.
Yeah. Like that.