http://ambulancedriver.net/2009/03/911-update-5/ Reflections of a Prehospital Care Paramedic Wed, 07 Apr 2010 18:39:54 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://ambulancedriver.net/2009/03/911-update-5/comment-page-1/#comment-22 laurie Tue, 10 Mar 2009 13:20:54 +0000 http://ambulancedriver.net/?p=86#comment-22 wow. no. 5 is my ultimate nightmare. wow. no. 5 is my ultimate nightmare.

]]> http://ambulancedriver.net/2009/03/911-update-5/comment-page-1/#comment-21 Margaret Mon, 09 Mar 2009 04:53:08 +0000 http://ambulancedriver.net/?p=86#comment-21 About incenting people to call an ambulance. I thought St. Paul tried to institute a $40 minimum charge? Not much but it was intended mainly to keep people from doing what your constipated guy did. When I lived there in the early '00s it was certainly discussed. Also probably difficult to collect. On people who it can be collected from and even for people who are insured for at least part of the cost, there is certainly a charge. I recollect paying around $200-300 as a copay or cost (I can't remember) for ambulance services in the last year or so. And we have full hospital coverage, not high deductible type insurance. Maybe uninsured people just don't pay and you have to take them like the ER problem? About incenting people to call an ambulance. I thought St. Paul tried to institute a $40 minimum charge? Not much but it was intended mainly to keep people from doing what your constipated guy did. When I lived there in the early ’00s it was certainly discussed. Also probably difficult to collect. On people who it can be collected from and even for people who are insured for at least part of the cost, there is certainly a charge. I recollect paying around $200-300 as a copay or cost (I can’t remember) for ambulance services in the last year or so. And we have full hospital coverage, not high deductible type insurance. Maybe uninsured people just don’t pay and you have to take them like the ER problem?

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