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PoliticAverse

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3. If it was a private ambulance he wouldn't have been jailed. He was jailed because he owed money

Reply to LibDemAlways (Reply #1)

Mon Feb 22, 2016, 02:31 AM

Feb 2016

to the ambulance service run by the city, and being jailed is something governments do to you
if you don't pay fees, fines, taxes etc. owed them.

This is not uncommon.

In New York City for example, if you call 911 and an ambulance takes you to the hospital you get a several
hundred dollar bill for the ambulance ride.
http://www1.nyc.gov/nyc-resources/faq/302/how-do-i-pay-my-ambulance-bill

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Utah man dies in police custody after being jailed for $2,400 unpaid ambulance bill [View all] Cheese Sandwich Feb 2016 OP

Private company ambulance bills are one of the LibDemAlways Feb 2016 #1

I've been hearing some horror stories too from some family and neighbors. Cheese Sandwich Feb 2016 #2

If it was a private ambulance he wouldn't have been jailed. He was jailed because he owed money PoliticAverse Feb 2016 #3

sounds almost the movie repo men azurnoir Feb 2016 #4

is there a link between the insurance companies olddots Feb 2016 #5