在美國，叫救護(hù)車之前詢問對方是否更愿意去死是一種適當(dāng)?shù)亩Y節(jié)
Ah yes, the American dream
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“啊對對對，美國夢”
“在美國，叫救護(hù)車之前詢問對方是否更愿意去死是一種適當(dāng)?shù)亩Y節(jié)”
根據(jù)YouGov的一項最新調(diào)查，有23%的美國人在需要救治時因為費用問題而選擇不叫救護(hù)車。
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“啊對對對，美國夢”
“在美國，叫救護(hù)車之前詢問對方是否更愿意去死是一種適當(dāng)?shù)亩Y節(jié)”
根據(jù)YouGov的一項最新調(diào)查，有23%的美國人在需要救治時因為費用問題而選擇不叫救護(hù)車。
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Money is god in America
在美國金錢就是上帝
I am one of those people.
我就是這些人中的一個。
I was told Hussein made the health care system better though
有人告訴我侯賽因（奧巴馬）改善了醫(yī)療保健系統(tǒng)
I have no worries, why...? Because I am responsible, fully insured and have purposely saved $$$ to cover out of pocket. Really isn't that hard, just have to be an adult and not a child who wants with out working for it.
我沒有什么可擔(dān)心的，為什么，因為我有責(zé)任心，給自己買了全額保險并存了自付部分的過河錢。真沒什么難的，只要做個成年人而不是一個不勞而獲的孩子就行。
If you didn't get an ambulance and lived to take a survey, you didn't need an ambulance.
如果你沒有叫救護(hù)車并且能夠活到接受檢查，那你就別叫救護(hù)車。
Reminds of the stories of tourists and exchange students absolutely panicking when bystanders try to call an ambulance in the UK (and presumably the EU).
讓人想起了游客和交換生在英國（以及可能在歐盟）當(dāng)旁人試圖給他們叫救護(hù)車時他們會感到極度恐慌的故事。
Actually when I was in nursing school, a classmate of mine’s son burnt himself in a kitchen fire. The ambulance arrived and wouldn’t take him because they questioned if he could afford the ride. They lived in section 8 housing. Ambulances are often private companies.
在我讀護(hù)理學(xué)校的時候，我一個同學(xué)的兒子在廚房里被燒傷了。但因為被質(zhì)疑是否能付得起車費而沒被救護(hù)車帶走。他們住在第8區(qū)。而救護(hù)車通常是私人公司的。
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I fell off scaffolding on a work site and shattered my heel, then chose to drive myself to urgent care so I could avoid ambulance and ER fees.
我在工地腳手架上摔下來把腳跟摔成粉碎性骨折，然后自己開車去看急診，這樣我就不用付救護(hù)車和急診室的那套費用了。
George Carlin said it’s called the American Dream because you have to be asleep to believe ito
喬治·卡林說，美國夢之所以被稱為美國夢，是因為你必須睡著了才能相信它
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I’m not exaggerating when I tell you it’s cheaper for me to fly Business to where my parents live in Europe and get treated there, than to take an ambulance from my apartment to the hospital (4 blocks away) in NYC.
毫不夸張的說，坐商務(wù)艙飛到歐洲我父母住的地方接受治療比從我的公寓坐救護(hù)車去紐約的醫(yī)院（4條街外）更便宜。
It's also proper etiquette to 1st call their Health insurer and ask them if they'd prefer the patient die or be taken by ambulance for help
正確的禮儀是先給他們的健康保險公司打電話，問他們是希望病人去死還是讓救護(hù)車來幫忙。
Agree . Don't have the money for that.
百分百同意，真花不起這個錢。
I got into a motorcycle accident on the freeway a few years ago. I was bloody but nothing broken so I declined first responder service. They have you sign a paper to document your refusal. Then they still sent me a bill for $500
幾年前我在高速公路上發(fā)生了摩托車事故。我渾身是血但沒骨折，所以我拒絕了急救服務(wù)。他們讓我簽了一份文件來證明是我拒絕的。然后他們還是給我寄了張500美元的賬單。
I did that in Canada 20 years ago. Ambulance was 300 dollars. I preferred to walk stuff off.
20年前我在加拿大叫過救護(hù)車。要300美元。所以我更愿意走著去醫(yī)院。
It cost $106,000+ to keep me alive in 2021. I had to clear out my retirement, move, sell my stuff & get 3 jobs.
為了在21年活下來我花了10萬6千多美元。我不得不取光了退休金、搬家、賣家當(dāng)并找了3份工作。
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Huh. well, this is true for India too.
嗯，好吧，印度也大差不差的。
After I had my medical emergency at work last year I have told my managers and coworkers to NOT let them put me in an ambulance unless I am unresponsive
在去年工作中出現(xiàn)醫(yī)療緊急情況后，我告訴我經(jīng)理和同事，除非我失去意識，否則別給我叫救護(hù)車
Capitalism, the best way of distributing resources.
資本主義，資源分配的最佳方式。
"謝哥們不用了，我是美國人"
·Hey, true story.
It cost me ~$6,000 to ride an ambulance 3.4 miles from my workplace.
It took them nearly 20 minutes to get to me after I called. The fire department was 1.2 miles away. A 3 minute drive.
I could have called uber for $50 and been there faster.
說個真事。坐救護(hù)車從我工作的地方到醫(yī)院3.4英里花了我6000美元。打了電話后近20分鐘救護(hù)車才到。而離我 1.2 英里外的消防隊到我這就3分鐘車程。我要是花50美元叫一輛優(yōu)步還能到的更快。
I once took a cab instead of an ambulance.
I made sure to tip well.
有一次出事我選的是出租車而不是救護(hù)車。小費給夠就行。
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Do you know how much one is. If its not life threatening then why blow $2k on a crappy ride. I had a bleeding ulcer but no way was I going to spend $2k to go less than a mile to a hospital.
你可曉得叫一次得多少錢啊，如果沒有生命危險的話為什么要花2千美元坐那個破車，我得過出血性潰瘍，但我絕不會為了去不到一英里外的醫(yī)院花2千美元。
I wanna see the libertarians be "yeah that's the fault of socialism somehow"
我想看到自由主義者說“是的，這在某種程度上是社會主義的錯”
I think more people call ubers than ambulances for medical emergencies in America
我覺得在美國碰到急診時叫優(yōu)步的人比叫救護(hù)車的人還多
Ahh yes! I remember having heart problems and when the urgent care said I needed an ambulance across town to Georgetown I looked at them like there were crazy and scooted over on my ebike. I’d rather die than go into debt to an ambulance company for an Uber across town
啊是的！我想起心臟有問題那次，當(dāng)急救的說我需要坐救護(hù)車穿過鎮(zhèn)里去喬治城時，我瞅他們就像他們已經(jīng)瘋了似的，然后我騎著電驢就跑了。我寧愿冒著死掉的風(fēng)險叫優(yōu)步也不想欠救護(hù)車公司的債。
My insurance won’t pay for an ambulance unless you’re unconscious, and you have to call to get authorization first.
My insurance won’t pay for an air lift/mediflight unless you’re deceased, and you have to call to get authorization first.
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我的保險不會支付救護(hù)車的費用，除非是不省人事，而且你必須先打電話獲得授權(quán)。
我的保險不會支付空中救護(hù)/醫(yī)療飛行的費用，除非是已經(jīng)死亡，而且你必須先打電話獲得授權(quán)。
foreigners just don't understand our incredible culture
外國人根本不理解我們這不可思議的文化
Don’t have this problem in the U.K. However they are taking a long time to get to patients. Personally in the U.K. as long as I’m not bleeding or with a limb hanging off I’d get an Uber to the hospital.
在英國就沒有這個問題，然而他們需要很長時間才能到達(dá)病人那里。就我個人而言，在英國，只要我沒有流血或零件碎了，我就會打優(yōu)步去醫(yī)院。
Used to be an EMT - worked on an ambulance for several years
I got cut off in traffic one day in my car and I kept thinking, if I got severely injured, I'd have to refuse transport because dying felt like less of a burden to my Wife than the cost of the ride and hospital stay
我曾經(jīng)是一名急救醫(yī)生，在救護(hù)車上工作了幾年。有天我開車時被堵在了路上于是我一直在想，如果受了重傷我肯定會拒絕乘坐救護(hù)車，因為對我妻子來說我掛了的負(fù)擔(dān)比救護(hù)車和住院的費用要輕
And the Canadian dream is for the ambulance to Offer euthanasia services as well.
而加拿大人的夢想是讓救護(hù)車也能提供安樂死服務(wù)。
Now this takes on a whole new meaning
“叫了一輛救護(hù)車”
“但是不是給我的”
現(xiàn)在這圖有了全新的含義。（動圖：原意好心幫忙反被劫，新意為拒絕被叫救護(hù)車）
Just call them and Uber, no?
Isn't that what hospitals were complaining about when Uber started?
打電話約急診然后坐優(yōu)步去，不行嗎？這不就是優(yōu)步剛推出時醫(yī)院一個勁抱怨的事嗎？
（MAGA!）
Chico Dust-E
Call an Uber if you're not bleeding, a yellow cab if you are. It'll be $10,000 cheaper
如果你沒有流血，就叫優(yōu)步，如果你流血了，就叫黃出租車。這樣可以省下1萬美元
The ambulance bill alone will kill them, let alone hospital costs.
單是救護(hù)車賬單就要了他們命了，更不用說醫(yī)療費用了。
After a while it get VERY difficult to keep loving a country that clearly does not love its own people back.
不久后人們會感覺到很難再繼續(xù)愛一個明顯不愛自己人民的國家。
And don’t forget the minimum wage for a server is $2.17 that’s right.
別忘了，服務(wù)員的最低工資是 2.17 美元每小時，沒錯。
You're better off calling an Uber
你最好叫一輛優(yōu)步
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Wow. In my country is free
哇。這在我的國家是免費的
“全民醫(yī)療是如此復(fù)雜，全世界33個發(fā)達(dá)國家中只有32個國家能夠使它發(fā)揮作用”
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And if you speak to EMT's they'll tell you how many people exploit the system with no real need and no intention of paying, which drives up the cost and limits availability for legitimate emergencies.
如果你和急救人員交談，他們會告訴你有多少人在沒有真正需要的情況下使用這個系統(tǒng)，并且不打算付錢，這推高了成本并占用了在真正的緊急情況下的可用性。
Friendly reminder that the US Healthcare system is unironically the most fascist out of 1st world countries. The government and Healthcare companies collude to make costs higher.
友情提醒，美國醫(yī)療保健系統(tǒng)無疑是第一世界國家中最法西斯的。政府和醫(yī)療保健公司合謀推高費用。
Pack your bags, go somewhere else.
那你打包去別的地方吧。