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Yeah, they provide a ton of transport services that are not emergency-related. If a person is completely bedbound, then any and all trips to the doctor need to be handled by an ambulance service that can provide a transport stretcher (a heavy duty collapsible stretcher with straps on it like a seatbelt) and personnel to transfer the person between their bed and the stretcher.

And we call the ambulance service when we discharge any patient from our hospital to a short term rehab facility, even if the person can move themselves from the bed to the stretcher. Just because it's transfer between medical facilities.

And if we transfer someone to another hospital with a higher level of care, we have to specifically request an emergency ambulance instead of a transport ambulance.

So those services are a lot more complicated than people realize. But in any of these situations, the patient shouldn't get an exorbitant bill because of some insurance company shenanigans, which is all in- vs. out-network stuff is.

Tbh I am on a free healthcare country and I also learned this was a thing, I naive of me thought this was like part of the hospital or something like that but nah or at least not all of them, they are subcontracted companies that handle the vehicles and drivers and medical stuff on those ambulances.

Not anymore, at least with fire. Fire departments used to essentially sell insurance and would let your house burn if you hadn't paid.

Not yet but I'm sure they fix that

There might be extra fees if your house alarm has multiple false alarms and the police show up each time.

I think businesses get bills from the fire department, but not individuals.

We just get shot by the police when we call them.

I wanna say no, but I think there are some situations where, say a bar or tavern regularly has to bring the police in for fights, etc. in certain areas the owner might start getting billed for not handling security properly. That's probably not a direct PD bill, but some sort of permit violation.

But in general, no.

Came here to say pretty much this.. Tip of the iceberg, will surely help some people, but absolutely and categorically not an actual solution to the problem. Which will never happen until people are willing to confront the actual reality - the system isn't broken, it is working exactly as intended, it just doesn't work for you, and the only way to be rid of it is to tear the whole thing down.