My cousin in West Hartford CT. broke her ankle, got in an ambulance that got in a crash, no added injuries, but had to take another ambulance, and was charged for two rides. She did protest and got it taken care of, but that's screwed up that they would even try to charge for that.
I was wondering about this just the other day actually. I witnessed a guy lay his bike down in an intersection. I didn't call 911 because there was three or four people who were already on the scene and helping him. I figured someone would have called for help. Nobody did, and it was because he kept saying, "please don't call. I'm fine, please don't call." Now, I probably would have called anyway had I known that nobody called because he wasn't in a state to make that judgement call, but I was also wondering if he would have had to pay if they arrived and he refused service.
He may not have wanted the call for other reasons. A trooper pulled up while I was talking with the medics. One of the medics gave me grief like I was Bs'ing him that the stings from 8 days prior was causing my issue (the other was more helpful, didn't doubt me, and noticed the hives all over my body). I told the medic if he was implying I'd done drugs or something along those lines that he was wrong. I also said I bet the trooper runs my plates to see if I have a history. The doubt-filled medic disappears for a minute, comes back, and says, "You were right. You don't even have a ticket on your history." When I got to IC, the doctor said that medic was obviously not in the place to make a judgment/diagnosis. My point: that biker may have something on his record that caused him to not want medics to show up (it's likely a cop shows up on a medic call).
Whats screwed up is that a broken ankle needed a ride in the ambulance. My mom busted her femur on vacation in Europe and walked it off. #soldier
Because I hate wasting money. I spent nine years in public accounting. I don't like spending money when it's not necessary. It was necessary when I didn't have a drop of moisture in my mouth and I couldn't breathe and I was about to pass out. After ten minutes of sitting with the meds, I was much better. Capable to make it the two miles home to get a ride to IC. I didn't get where I am by being willy-nilly with my money. I've never had a medical emergency so I didn't know what to do. And I'm not really sweating it. Just curious what my cost will be. I budget for everything (except medical emergencies, I suppose).
Oh, well, you left that part of it out of your original post on the story. That would also make sense.
