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The sticking point: two dollars.
Two.
Dollars.
I wonder how many multiples of that the ambulance companies lobbied his campaign with
Polis also recently vetoed a labor rights bill, a ride share safety bill, and a ban on using algorithmic websites like real page to set rents. Dude is pro business 100% if the time, and cosplays a cool hip progressive guy.
I can answer that:
At least one in particular. AMR (American Medical Response) and its holding company GMR (Global Medical Response) are about as evil as it gets in the ambulance industry, and they're also HUGE businesses, not to mention that they also run something like 1/3-1/4 of all US private EMS operations. Oh, did I mention that they're based out of Greenwood, CO?
I'd bet a pretty healthy sum that those vampiric fucks are behind it.
1/3rd is bigger than 1/4th
Yes. I listed them in descending order, and while I realize that that defies convention, I don't think that should suggest I don't understand fractions.
Oh no's, $2 extra/month, but you might get surprise billed bullshit prices, but that's cool.
https://cohealthinitiative.org/media-releases/consumer-advocates-praise-senate-approval-of-bill-to-close-surprise-billing-loophole-for-ambulances/
Two dollars adds up.
Golly, it's almost like private, for profit insurance and for-profit ambulance companies really aren't the most efficient way to run a healthcare system. =\
And three grand for an ambulance rides doesn't add up!?
How often do out-of-network ambulance rides happen to a family of four?
How often do ambulance rides happen to a family of four?
In fact, why even spend all that money on health insurance? How often do you get sick anyway?
You have zero control over if the ambulance is in or out of network. Hence it being a surprise cost.
Yep, and the ambulance companies often don’t join many networks, because they can go after the full amount from out of network patients rather than a network discount that plan members would get.
Yeah, but that's not what I'm saying. On average, does an out-of-network ambulance ride happen to a family of four more than once every 30 years? If it does, $100 per year to avoid that is a good deal; otherwise it's not.
But that's not the point of insurance, which is a cost-sharing practice (presumably, ideally) designed so that the person who DOES get the ambulance ride doesn't have to pay for the whole thing themselves and go into financial ruin because of it.
Your argument is profoundly selfish and it's logical conclusion is the abolishment of insurance altogether.
I have a feeling you've never been in a major health situation.