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Ambulance hits cyclist, rushes him to hospital, then sticks him with $1,800 bill
(www.oregonlive.com)
Sue them for 1 million. Profit.
this post was submitted on 08 Nov 2024
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Trumps america, not 1,800 3,000! It would be communism otherwise!
This is one of the most American things I've ever read.
lacks guns and burgers but I'll take it
The driver was distracted because he was eating a Big Mac while cleaning his pistol.
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Is this fuck cars or fuck the us?
Show of hands, who pays for ambulances regardless of why?
My intention is definitely "fuck cars." The fucked-up thing here is that even ambulance drivers, who should know better more so than almost anybody, are incompetently right-hooking cyclists. Billing him for it is merely the icing on the shit-cake.
A lot of EMTs work 24-hour shifts, and 48-hour shifts are not uncommon. The thought that the ambulance driver on the road next to me might be at hour 46 is... frequently worrying.
The problem isn't the EMTs being incompetent, the problem is with the industry standards and the employers.
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Bikes: a transportation vehicle with health benefits. Ambulance: a transportation vehicle for the unwell.
Bikes are the natural enemy of the ambulance. A war between the bike clan and the ambulance clan is on the horizon.
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That's an interesting business strategy, I'll give 'em that
Like firemen setting fire to extinguish.
A new way to make money! Much easier than waiting for someone to need an ambulance!
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This is America
Don't catch you slippin' now
Seriously, don’t slip. It will both literally and metaphorically cost you an arm and a leg in the states.
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GDP📈
It's called a 'for profit business', look it up, people!
they couldve gotten way more than $1,800 if they hit a few more cyclists on the way. theres plenty of room in the back of an ambulance
Maybe playing devil's advocate here, but if it was the ambulance's fault then the ambulance company's insurance should be paying for all of the medical bills, including the ambulance ride. And the bill for the ambulance ride pays the EMS workers salaries and the vehicle maintenance.
The amount of profiteering in the medical industry is obscene, but I'm not sure this is an example of it...
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