My wife’s aunt (by marriage) broker her knee while exiting their RV during the drive from MN to AZ for their snow bird thing. They were in MO when it happened. The people at the MO hospital said they were better off going to AZ to get the injury treated there due to insurance issues in MO. they make it to Phoenix, and they were told no-go, their health insurance wasn’t good in AZ, they would have to get it handled back on MN and only in MN.
While driving back to MN, she were clearly tired and frustrated with all of it, and really upset with the hospital people in MO. When they were in Iowa, she was trying to exit the RV again, and this time fell and broke her hip.
They drove to the nearest hospital, trying to get her into the ER there. The RV was too big to get into the hospital parking lot, so he parked on the street, about 100yds from the ER entrance. The ER staff said that there couldn’t fetch her due to liability rules, etc.. He asked to borrow a wheelchair, but they couldn’t lend it to him, instead saying he had to call 911.
That poor woman just drove thousands of miles with a busted up knee, and however many miles with a broken hip, only to be transported by ambulance 100 yds to the ER entrance.
Their insurance is likely not going to pay much for the hospital bill, and now add he ambulance to that, and it wouldn’t surprise me if they’re looking at medically-induced bankruptcy. This fucking country and medical insurance can go F itself.