Air Ambulance....Don't do it.

Just like Obama told you…..The Healthcare industry has been fixed.

In the old system insurance companies might have covered air ambulances.

In the new (fixed) system health insurance probably won’t cover air ambulance service.

But that is OK….. because if the insurance company doesn’t cover it they will just send you the bill. It is all good.

So you get into a car accident. The helicopter shows up and flies you to the hospital. The hospitals fixes you up and you go home feeling great. Then the mail man shows up with a bill for $47,182.

You response (to the mail man) is F*ck this bullsh*t…….. I am not paying this sh*t. But don’t worry because when you don’t pay they will just sue you.

Then they will put a lien on your home and try to take that from you. It is all part of the new fixed healthcare system. Isn’t it great?

"Air ambulance companies, which indisputably save lives, often in dramatic circumstances, have consistently raised their rates and aggressively expanded their networks, adding scores of expensive new helicopters."

"The model has worked because health insurance has covered a large share of the bills."

"Now changes in the air ambulance industry may leave patients even more financially vulnerable. Private insurance companies that offer ambulance coverage may not cover the full cost of air ambulances, leaving more patients to pay the difference. And in recent months, those insurers, under pressure to cut health care costs, have been reducing reimbursements for air ambulances."

"Using numbers in the company’s financial filings, Jonathan Hanlon, founder of Research 360, a firm that analyzes companies, calculated that Air Methods’ average bill in 2014 was $40,766, compared with roughly $17,262 five years earlier."

"A law that deregulated (YAY DEREGULATION…..THAT WORD MEANS YOU ARE ABOUT TO GET TOTALLY SCREWED..... ENJOY!) the airline industry in the 1970s has prevented states from capping the amount air ambulances can charge."

"Mr. Hildenbrand calculated that each flight cost his operation $7,400 last year, counting all costs involved. Two other operators said their costs were close to that figure."

OK so lets do the math…….. One flight cost 7 grand. I find that hard to believe..... but OK.

I can go down to NYC and take a 30 minute sight seeing helicopter flight which will cost $600.00. But I am supposed to believe an EMT with a blood Pressure cuff adds 6 grand to the cost. Sure…...

Anyway.....At 100% profit the bill would be $14K. At 200% profit the price would be 21K. At 300% profit the price would be 28K. See where I am going here……Keep going until you get to 47K and then please defend how this is appropriate. This is just taking advantage of people in their time of need. It is ridiculous.

If you are in a car accident my advise would be to not lose conciseness. Stay awake and when you see the helicopter fly over just roll off the gurney and army crawl into the woods.

Whatever you do don’t let them put you in that helicopter. That 8 minute flight will not be worth it. Trust me.

http://www.nytimes.com/…/rescued-by-an-air-ambulance-but-st…