CitizenVectron Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/03/health/subway-accident-insurance-fear-trnd Quote A woman getting off Boston's Orange Line last week fell and was trapped between the subway platform and the train until her fellow passengers were able to free her. Transit police say the woman stepped into a 5-inch gap as she was getting off the train at the Massachusetts Avenue station on Friday afternoon during rush hour. Security video from the platform shows a crowd of commuters start to push on the train and rock it enough to pull the woman to safety. After the woman was freed, Polanco stayed to help and talked with her. She had a bad cut on her left thigh; police said it was deep enough to expose the bone. Polanco said the woman was clearly in a lot of pain, but she didn't want anyone to call an ambulance because she said she couldn't afford it. "She made it a point to say 'you don't understand, I have terrible insurance,'" Polanco said. "Everyone just kept saying don't worry about that, you need medical help." Emergency Medical Technicians arrived in 5 or 10 minutes Polanco said, and the woman did agree to go with them. The EMTs bandaged her leg and then took her away in a wheelchair. Happy July 4th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paperclyp Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 And she’s totally right, the cost is absurd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 Well she should have declined the ambulance ride and taken the taxi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remarkableriots Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legend Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewhyteboar Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 But Ben Shapiro said Americans are all so rich. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chairslinger Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 And she'll be getting a bill for 25,000 dollars in a month or two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSoxFan9 Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 The ACA, a robust piece of legislation, has reduced ambulance costs by 1.7% if you fill out form E47. Be thankful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost_MH Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 1 hour ago, Paperclyp said: And she’s totally right, the cost is absurd. I may have mentioned this story here before, but I had to deal with this shit with my son. At just two weeks old, he wasn't keeping even half an ounce of food down. We took him to the nearest ER and he needed an IV. At that time of the night, however, they didn't have anyone that could get the IV in him or perform the surgery he needed, so he had to be sent over to Tufts in Boston. Since he was still under hospital care, we couldn't opt to just drive him there ourselves. Since we, apparently, took him to the wrong hospital, insurance didn't cover the cost of the 35m ambulance ride. We wound up getting stuck with the cost of that and the IV they failed to get in him. It was great. It took months to pay down that bill. So many others would have just gone bankrupt with the charges. Yay! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 55 minutes ago, Chairslinger said: And she'll be getting a bill for 25,000 dollars in a month or two. You think it’ll be that cheap? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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PaladinSolo Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 After my daughters first seizure and our local hospital doesn't have a pediatric neurologist to handle it they sent her 2.5 hours away in an ambulance and charged 8k to just drive her, they literally did nothing other than that because theres nothing to do for a seizure patient. Then between both hospitals it was another 32k for an EKG, CT, MRI, and three days in a room. My insurance is amazing though and i pay nothing for emergency care, but holy fuck. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 I had glass break and sliced my wrist when I was a kid and my mom fixed it with glue because we couldn't afford the ER. I still have the scar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 53 minutes ago, 2user1cup said: I had glass break and sliced my wrist when I was a kid and my mom fixed it with glue because we couldn't afford the ER. I still have the scar. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 Kinda actually! haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarSolo Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 12 hours ago, thewhyteboar said: But Ben Shapiro said Americans are all so rich. And our Idiot-in-Chief said that wages are too high during the Republican primaries. Live on television. And people voted for him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSoxFan9 Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 3 hours ago, 2user1cup said: I had glass break and sliced my wrist when I was a kid and my mom fixed it with glue because we couldn't afford the ER. I still have the scar. Pics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 1 hour ago, MarSolo said: And our Idiot-in-Chief said that wages are too high during the Republican primaries. Live on television. And people voted for him. cry moar libtards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 20 hours ago, MarSolo said: And our Idiot-in-Chief said that wages are too high during the Republican primaries. Live on television. And people voted for him. Because he's the Idiot in CHIEF... a nation of idiots made him President. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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