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LeicaM6guy t1_j9pdr27 wrote

Reply to comment by TheGabagoolKid in FDNY wants to up the cost of ambulance rides by more than 50% by NYY657545

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.

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Tatar_Kulchik t1_j9phaea wrote

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'.

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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

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