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Ambulance hits cyclist, rushes him to hospital, then sticks him with $1,800 bill(www.oregonlive.com)

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keropoktasen@lemmy.world
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Sue them for 1 million. Profit.

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DragonsInARoom@lemmy.world
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Trumps america, not 1,800 3,000! It would be communism otherwise!

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loics2@lemm.ee
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How the fuck is this “fuck cars” content? I hate cars as much as everyone here, but I don’t think we can replace ambulances with bikes

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DrunkEngineer@lemmy.world
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It is “fuck cars” content because 1. the lack of proper bike infrastructure is what led to the crash, and 2. making road victims have to hire lawyers just to get their medical bills paid.

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Womdat10@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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The point of an ambulance is to get to the hospital as fast as possible, while have other people keeping the person stable. They also need to not leave the person exposed to all the various debris that is thrown up by fast moving vehicles. This is an awful idea.

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Cpo@lemm.ee
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You, kind sir, deserve a reward.

Bravo!

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uis@lemm.ee
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Meanwhile in Russia(and pretty much rest of Europe): citizems get full healthcare and even foreigners get some of it. For free.

This is what happens if any foreigner for example breaks bone in Russia:

  1. Emergency, including emergency specialized, medical care is provided to foreign citizens in case of sickness, accident, trauma, poisining and other cases requireing emergency treatment. Such medical treatment provided by state and municipal healthcare organizations is free of charge.
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LANIK2000@lemmy.world
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Oh lol, America is now officially worse than Russia. Well that didn’t take long.

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P1nkman@lemmy.world
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America is a third world country with a Gucci belt.

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kari0ca@lemmy.world
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He was on a bike… it wasn’t worth abandoning the car

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