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Single Payer Health Systems

intrepidity

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1. And did you know that even if *you* didn't call them, you're still on the hook

Reply to ck4829 (Original post)

Wed Dec 14, 2022, 04:53 AM

Dec 2022

Found this out in early 2020, fell down outside and dislocated my shoulder, and my neighbor--against my wishes!--called 911. They came and wouldn't do anything except offer to take me to hospital, which I declined (covid? no thanks!)

Got a bill for $300!! Unfuckingreal.

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Half of ambulance rides yield surprise medical bills. What's being done to protect people? [View all] ck4829 Dec 2022 OP

And did you know that even if *you* didn't call them, you're still on the hook intrepidity Dec 2022 #1