I should be laughing at this meme as a Brazilian who inhabits a country with public healthcare with public ambulance (Sistema Único de Saúde and its SAMU, respectively), but then I check our election results from last Sunday and… Welp, good thing I’m practicing Memento Mori in a daily basis and preparing myself (spiritually, physically, mentally, socially, etc-ly…) to cemeteries (if those who’d be left with my cadaver would afford a coffin and a gravesite, it’s a whole other story). Before I leave this Pale Blue Dot as a homo sapiens embodiment, maybe I’ll eventually going to make a Brazilian version of this meme, with a SAMU ambulance instead of the USian one, so I become, like my therapist once recommended me, a Titanic violinist, playing as the whole ship gets swallowed by the abyss, laughing like a hyena as we all meet the cold touch…
[email protected]i was advised once by a nurse to call an ambulance for myself, but i was so afraid of the cost i ended up ubering to the emergency room. i was in serious pain but i didn’t think i was going to die (and i wasn’t), hence what may seem like a stupid choice. the hospital stay still ended up being $700 dollars after insurance.
It’s like €50 where I live or something. But I just consider it free and not something worth thinking over.
Usually we choose the “hop in your car and drive double the speed limit there” option.
It’s messed up… healthcare should be free. No one should have to pay a fortune for emergency care.
America has medical bankruptcy at a rate seen nowhere else in the world.
Roger Marshall, a US senator (and medical Dr gynecology) sent dozens of patients (moms) to jail for debt collection as little as $100 and he will likely win reelection in Republican Kansas despite this being a front page story.
I mean, at least he won’t ve practicing medicine anymore
How much gyneacology can you even get for $100, and would you really want it?
I think you only get one finger for $100.
Depends on if you like getting blasted by an old man for no reason as modern gynos don’t do that anymore.
Reminder that it does not cost any money to call an ambulance. It only costs money if you take the ambulance, which is optional (of course, this assumed that you are able to express your wishes when the EMRs arrive).
It also only costs money if they get your name. If youre fr dying and would like to continue living, give them an alias and dont bring your wallet.
One time I got struck by a car while on foot. It flipped me over the top and broke a few things, including cracking a vertebrae in my neck. The fucker driving probably thought they killed me because they hit the gas right afterwards and sped away.
When the ambulance came I tried to argue against getting in it. Told them I’d drive myself if I didn’t feel better after a night. It’s hard to argue when you’re all twisted up on the ground, tho. Anyway, that EMS wasn’t having any of my shit.
On the gurney I went and off to the most expensive 1 mile trip of my life.
That’s just good manners.
Living under crippling debt is pretty rough. The same people concerned about ambulances often can’t afford treatments for serious conditions, either.
Also they probably wouldnt need an ambulance if they were able to get regular checkups and early diagnosis
I wonder exactly how many Americans die every year from not seeking medical attention due to the cost.
True. My buddy was dying of heat exhaustion and we were honestly discouraging him to get a helicopter rescue on the hike. We ended up getting the helicopter though
Believe it or not, straight to permanent debt prison.
How very US-American
“Ambulance” doesn’t even enter the conversation in my circles. It’d be like suggesting we take a private jet. “Just dying” is an equally ridiculous option. Everyone should know both basic first aid and how to steal a car
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