TheGabagoolKid t1_j9o7c0i wrote on February 23, 2023 at 11:30 AM

I’ll just walk

LeicaM6guy t1_j9pdr27 wrote on February 23, 2023 at 5:00 PM

You joke, but I've got a hard and fast rule - unless I'm actively bleeding to death, I'm going to take a taxi. I just can't afford an ambulance.

Tatar_Kulchik t1_j9phaea wrote on February 23, 2023 at 5:22 PM

I once broke my arm and took an ambulance to the ER. THe ambulance didn't do anything for me- no medicine, nothing. Just a taxi. The doctor in the ER even said, 'unless bone is sticking out, even for broken bone just take a taxi'.

Luckily my insurance cost for ambulance ride is capped at $100 so wasn't the end of the world. But the price before insurance was actually $800

bigfatwhitebitch t1_j9qopr1 wrote on February 23, 2023 at 9:49 PM

Please do just walk. If you're able to walk you don't need an ambulance. Ambulance is in a life saving emergency, not a taxi ride.