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Medical Debt Snares Millions of People. States, Red and Blue are Passing Laws to Help
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We've been hearing from you about the high cost of ambulance rides. Thank you, Lee Ann, for sharing your experience.
Yes! And they paid R Ns so little. I don’t know now.Ive been retired for years.
If you need an ambulance and don't have the insurance to cover it, plan on paying at least $1000 per mile.
Yes..shameful
You got a high tech vehicle with highly trained staff
Turner Or. has a spectacular service. Thank you to its community members. Any ride to a hospital, if you need to go, from your home to the hospital. No other rides, like transfers or rides from hospital to hospital, just that initial one. But it is a token Payment for the service.
Thank you, Becky, for sharing your story with us.
My friend had to pay for an ambulance to transport her from her doctor's office to the hospital across the street. It was not an emergency.
😡😡😡😭😭😭
That is nothing..I know someone who was life-flighted and because they had no insurance they are now paying off a $50,000 bill..They were unconscience at the time and had no say..
“There seems to be broad agreement that you shouldn’t lose your home or your life savings because you got ill,” White said. “That’s just a basic level of fairness.”
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Medical debt snares millions of people. States, red and blue are passing laws to help
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State lawmakers from both parties are expanding protections for patients burdened by medical debt.