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JohnnyD · 01-09-2009, 12:34 PM

Just read this thread for the first time. Working as an EMT for a while and knowing how much the rides cost was always dumbfounding. In MA, all ambulance ride prices are mandated by the state, but still: $200 just to get in the truck, $35/mile, and that's before we use any skills. Need oxygen: $150, gotta check the blood sugar level: $100. And that's for a EMT-Basic, people that need a paramedic, average price of a trip is almost $2000. Doesn't matter if the trip takes 20 minutes or 2 minutes.

I have Tufts as well, but my hospital co-pay is only $50, same for an ambulance ride regardless of the final cost.

You guys think MA and RI are bad policy wise... I worked 911 in Connecticut for a few years. If someone has CT Medicaid (or any other state assisted policy) and "needs" (4 out of 5 people on these plans didn't really need to) to go to the hospital, the state of CT *requires* they arrive by ambulance. I have literally picked someone up who lived within 100 yards from their front door to the ER entrance.

01-09-2009, 12:34 PM	#21
JohnnyD Registered User iTrader: (0) Join Date: May 2008 Location: Mansfield, MA Posts: 5,238	Just read this thread for the first time. Working as an EMT for a while and knowing how much the rides cost was always dumbfounding. In MA, all ambulance ride prices are mandated by the state, but still: $200 just to get in the truck, $35/mile, and that's before we use any skills. Need oxygen: $150, gotta check the blood sugar level: $100. And that's for a EMT-Basic, people that need a paramedic, average price of a trip is almost $2000. Doesn't matter if the trip takes 20 minutes or 2 minutes. I have Tufts as well, but my hospital co-pay is only $50, same for an ambulance ride regardless of the final cost. You guys think MA and RI are bad policy wise... I worked 911 in Connecticut for a few years. If someone has CT Medicaid (or any other state assisted policy) and "needs" (4 out of 5 people on these plans didn't really need to) to go to the hospital, the state of CT requires they arrive by ambulance. I have literally picked someone up who lived within 100 yards from their front door to the ER entrance.