(08-23-2018 08:04 PM)Kaplony Wrote:  

(08-23-2018 07:21 PM)banker Wrote:  It is cheaper for universal health care. You save a lot of money not buying ambulances and having fewer employees.

Doubtful.

I served close to 20 years in a community that probably 80% of the population was under socialized medicine and we accounted for a significant part of our EMS department's run volume. Probably a good 60% of those calls were BS, with a good 20% being absolute BS like a headache they had for a week, and a toothache they had been suffering from for a month yet could be bothered to literally walk across the street to the free dental clinic that was open twice a week.

My favorite part of working triage when I worked in the ED at UAB was sending ambulance abusers to the waiting room. The look on their faces when they got dropped off in the waiting room was priceless. No, you don’t go straight to the front of the line because you come in via ambulance.