• Water Bowl Slime@lemmygrad.ml
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    9 months ago

    Yeah people will also check hospital websites and consult their social circles before picking a hospital to drive to, while in crisis. Because you also have to consider how ambulances will drive you to the nearest hospital regardless of whether it’s any good or if they’ll be able to treat you there. If they can’t, then you’ll be forced to take another ambulance ride to transfer to a hospital that can (and not for free ofc).

    It makes sense to do this for liability reasons and for health reasons, but god damn ambulances should not cost money. All healthcare shouldn’t cost money…

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      9 months ago

      It’s not just “can this hospital take care of you” but “is this hospital ‘in network’ for you”. If you’ve got full coverage but are unconscious and somebody takes you to the wrong place you might as well not have any insurance at all.

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        Absolutely. There’s also out-of-network doctors that might treat you in an in-network hospital and exams, treatments, medications, etc that might not be covered. There’s no shortage of ways to monetize people dying.