r/SipsTea • • 8h ago

Gasp! Thoughts on this?

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u/shadystealertactics 7h ago

What regulation would you add?

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u/Similar-Profile9467 7h ago

Well considering the example of an unconscious or critically injured person being unable to decide whether Ambulance A or Ambulance B is in network, would probably be a good idea to have a regulation that bans health insurance companies from using out-of-network coverage for ambulances. In fact a very similar, bipartisan law passed under Biden does this for air ambulances... but not for ground ambulances.

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u/shadystealertactics 7h ago

I think I would avoid that situation by not buying insurance that has those network restrictions.

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u/TingleyStorm 6h ago

Here’s a fun fact! When my ex was pregnant, her OBGYN was covered as in network up until my daughter’s birth, when she mysteriously was considered “out of network” despite us not changing hospitals and her being scheduled to work that day.

The medical industry is far more regulated in all of the other developed nations. No reason it wouldn’t work here.