• sp3ctr4l@lemmy.zip
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    5 hours ago

    I will always opt for a Lyft or Uber, unless I am actively dying from something that could kill me in 30 minutes or less, like a massive severed artery or something like that.

    They are just as fast, and if I start literally dying in the hospital waiting room, they will most likely pay attention.

    The only way it makes sense to take an ambulance to a hospital is if you literally have no other option, or if you are so seriously injured you’ve already lost consciousness or are mostly paralyzed.

    You can call an ambulance, paramedics arrive, stabilize you, and then refuse to get in the ambulance.

    This costs you nothing.

    Then you just bite on your wallet and take an Uber or Lyft, which costs 10 to 20 dollars.

    Get in the ambulance? 1 to 3 thousand dollars, for a shitty version of the care you’ll recieve in the hospital anyway, can’t avoid those costs.