[Magdalen] Fall Down Go Boom.

Roger Stokes roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com
Wed Jul 8 21:11:43 UTC 2015


On 08/07/2015 22:03, Cantor03--- via Magdalen wrote:
> In a message dated 7/8/2015 4:47:47 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> momohl1 at cox.net writes:
>
> When  Bill and I totaled our car in 2011 not only did medicare not pay
> but the  city charged both of us a flat fee plus mileage even though we
> were  transported in the same ambulance.>>>>
>   
> My mother lived at home alone into her 98th year.  She  recognized
> a myocardial infarction and called the hospital literally next door  to
> come pick her up.  Medicare, for some reason, refused to pay
> initially, and the ambulance charge (1998) was more than $500
> for transporting mother about 100 feet to the hospital ER.

Might it have been quicker to send a gurney round?

Roger


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