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The numbers still seem extremely high, even if an ambulance only does 3 trips a day on a bad day, that's over 10k USD. A private ambulance ride in Thailand (Im not talking rescue org ambualances) for example is $80-$120. Now I understand the service standard might not be as high, and wages are lower, and so on, but is it really 40x as expensive in USA to cover costs?

Actually a better example, might be HKG, where service probably exceeds US, an ambulance ride is HKD990 (~USD127) apparently. It is mentioned elsewhere in this topic that its $82 in Canada for an ambulance.




Note that paramedics make relatively little and are on a volunteer basis in many areas.




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