From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge">

Tony Williams wrote:
> Adam wrote:
>
>>
>> A) ID determines where you are taken. No health card & it's the
>> cheapest hospital & not the closest.
>>
>> B) Often if with Blue cross or whoever then you may end up being taken
>> to that hospital even if it is 50 miles away.
>>
>> C) Once on the ambulance the job of the crew is in part to rifle
>> through your possessions looking for health cards or credit cards.
>>
>> D) Most of even the higher paid US ppl I am in contact with are
>> basically fearfull of disease & injury in a way that most europeans I
>> deal with are not.
>
>
> (C) matches my personal experience closely enough. I had insurance so I
> can't vouch for the rest.
>
Were you taken to a hospital run by/in an agreement with your health
insurance or the nearest?

Apparantly this has killed in the past but dem's de breaks i.e. if having a
heart attack & the blue cross hospital is 50 miles away but the xyz hmo
hospital is only 5 miles away....but your insurance states blue
cross.....prepare for a 50 mile journey....

Adam

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