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Put it this way. My wife just got a something equivalent to a heart attack. Ambulance got here in 5 minutes. She spent 3 nights in the hospital, got all the tests, one of Canada's best docs in the field... it cost $135 for something to do with the ambulance.
They saved her life, she's seeing a specialist, figured out the meds and prepped if/when it happens again.
Everything was seamless. I don't know how it could have been better.
Add 3 zeroes to that amount and you've got the cost of the same ordeal in the US health "care" system
Ah yes, the "US Healthfare System"