From: Bill Lucy 

In article , email{at}from_Gary_Britt.org says...
> Ambulance rides don't cost $1,000.00.  Most counties and cities in the USA
> (certainly every one that I've lived in) don't charge ANYTHING for an
> ambulance ride.  Its like police service.  You don't get charged when they
> come out either.

At least in the Chicago area, you most certainly ARE charged for ambulance
rides. My one ride in an ambulance resulted in a $200 charge. A number of
State of Illinois retirees complained that they were charged by the City of
Chicago and other communities also.

I will note that a friend who was an EMT told me that the fire department
he worked for didn't charge for the first call within a calendar year, but
charged $150 after that.

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