• Abyssian@lemmy.world
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        1 month ago

        My dad used an ambulance about a year and a half ago. It was 3 blocks from his house to the hospital, and they still billed around $4k.

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      When I lived in the States back in '04, I took a 0.25 mile ambulance ride with no medical services provided. They didn’t even take my blood pressure. I was charged almost $7500 and paid nearly $700 after insurance. That’s about… $1400 in 2026 USD!

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        1 month ago

        Yeah, but in the comic the bill is 1400 before insurance covers anything. Those aren’t 2026 prices, those are 2001 prices.