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Making Sure You don't get Caught with an Ambulance Bill
On a recent trip out of state Hubby got sick and an ambulance had to be called...all good he is still with us but it was an emergency at the time. The location we were at meant the bill was going to be horrendous...and we were not disappointed when it arrived the day before yesterday, but the ambulance officers deserve to be paid well for what they do...bless them.
A quick trip to the health fund had the bill tidily paid for and all issues taken out of our hands...no worries about where the money was going to come from.
This one bill was equivalent to what we pay every year into the fund in fees so I am grateful we have the cover.
If you can afford to have private cover I would recommend it to all. At the least try to get ambulance cover and the basic hospital. The ambulance cover can save you thousands and the basic hospital will make it easy at tax time.
Contributed by Linda Stapleton
Editor's note: Ambulance cover can be bought very cheaply (I've just renewed our family Ambulance Victoria membership for $92.05 for a year - single membership is just $46) and is well worth the money, especially as not all health funds and/or policies cover emergency ambulance transport. In the past year we've used our Ambulance Victoria cover three times for emergency trips to hospital (here's hoping we don't need it again anytime soon!). Thanks to our Ambulance Victoria membership we didn't even see a bill, such a relief when you aren't feeling well. Cath.
A quick trip to the health fund had the bill tidily paid for and all issues taken out of our hands...no worries about where the money was going to come from.
This one bill was equivalent to what we pay every year into the fund in fees so I am grateful we have the cover.
If you can afford to have private cover I would recommend it to all. At the least try to get ambulance cover and the basic hospital. The ambulance cover can save you thousands and the basic hospital will make it easy at tax time.
Contributed by Linda Stapleton
Editor's note: Ambulance cover can be bought very cheaply (I've just renewed our family Ambulance Victoria membership for $92.05 for a year - single membership is just $46) and is well worth the money, especially as not all health funds and/or policies cover emergency ambulance transport. In the past year we've used our Ambulance Victoria cover three times for emergency trips to hospital (here's hoping we don't need it again anytime soon!). Thanks to our Ambulance Victoria membership we didn't even see a bill, such a relief when you aren't feeling well. Cath.