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<blockquote data-quote="Homicidal_Squirrel" data-source="post: 6289850" data-attributes="member: 6750031"><p>That'll be $150.00.</p></blockquote><p>They didn't do an EKG? The fire department here has portable machines that they hook you up to when they transport you. It may also depend on the size of the department and the funding resources they have. I'm not sure if the private BLS ambulances have the EKG machines, though.</p><p>Well, they taxi driver couldn't monitor your vitals while enroute. If there is a change, the trained personnel on the unit are able to start treatment before the situation becomes worse. Imagine you're on your way to the hospital in a taxi and start having a heart attack. The taxi driver isn't going to know what to do. Additionally, the taxi doesn't have the lights and sirens and emergency vehicle designation to speed through red lights. The taxi driver, if he even notices you having problems in the backseat, has to weigh speeding through a red light, possibly getting into an accident because other cars won't treat it like an emergency vehicle, and possibly get a ticket if there are traffic cameras or getting you to a hospital in time. Would you trust a taxi driver to get you to the emergency room quickly and safely in that kind of situation?</p><p>Sometimes companies in the healthcare field do what's called balance billing. They bill the insurance, the insurance company pays, and then they bill you. Sometimes it's a mistake, sometime it's not. There are companies that hope that you would be intimidated by a collection agency threatening to ruin your credit for a few dollars, and pay the bill. In the state of Florida it's illegal, and I'm guessing it's illegal in other states, but who knows.</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="Homicidal_Squirrel, post: 6289850, member: 6750031"] That'll be $150.00. [/quote]They didn't do an EKG? The fire department here has portable machines that they hook you up to when they transport you. It may also depend on the size of the department and the funding resources they have. I'm not sure if the private BLS ambulances have the EKG machines, though. Well, they taxi driver couldn't monitor your vitals while enroute. If there is a change, the trained personnel on the unit are able to start treatment before the situation becomes worse. Imagine you're on your way to the hospital in a taxi and start having a heart attack. The taxi driver isn't going to know what to do. Additionally, the taxi doesn't have the lights and sirens and emergency vehicle designation to speed through red lights. The taxi driver, if he even notices you having problems in the backseat, has to weigh speeding through a red light, possibly getting into an accident because other cars won't treat it like an emergency vehicle, and possibly get a ticket if there are traffic cameras or getting you to a hospital in time. Would you trust a taxi driver to get you to the emergency room quickly and safely in that kind of situation? Sometimes companies in the healthcare field do what's called balance billing. They bill the insurance, the insurance company pays, and then they bill you. Sometimes it's a mistake, sometime it's not. There are companies that hope that you would be intimidated by a collection agency threatening to ruin your credit for a few dollars, and pay the bill. In the state of Florida it's illegal, and I'm guessing it's illegal in other states, but who knows. [/QUOTE]
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