{"id":8745,"date":"2017-11-27T08:31:30","date_gmt":"2017-11-27T13:31:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=8745"},"modified":"2017-11-27T08:31:30","modified_gmt":"2017-11-27T13:31:30","slug":"taken-for-a-ride-ambulances-stick-patients-with-surprise-bills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=8745","title":{"rendered":"Taken For A Ride? Ambulances Stick Patients With Surprise Bills"},"content":{"rendered":"

(By Melissa Bailey for Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n

One patient got a $3,660 bill for a 4-mile ride. Another was charged\u00a0$8,460\u00a0for a trip from one hospital that could not handle his case to another that could. Still another found herself marooned at an out-of-network hospital, where she\u2019d been taken by ambulance without her consent. Continue reading article here…<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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