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Unpaid Air Ambulance Bill Lands Indiana Woman in Jail

Just when you think you have heard it all, there’s more. This time, it was an Indiana woman, Melissa, a single mother of 3...

Injured Doctor Gets a Whopping Air Ambulance Bill as he loses an Arm

The need for air ambulance services has a way of popping up when you least expect it. It was no different for Dr. Naveed...

Medical Flight Bills Have Doubled Since 2010

Slightly less than a decade ago, medical flight bills would hover around $15,000 in the United States but today, they have doubled, averaging about...

Air Ambulance Consumer Protection Act Gets the Nod of Congress

It was in the May of this year that Senator Claire McCaskill took up the issue of high air ambulance bills and decided to...

Necessity of Air Ambulance Service: Looking at the Numbers

The recent talk about the rising air ambulance service costs has raised doubts about whether such service must be limited to certain cases only....

Is it Right to Blame the Air Ambulance Companies for High Costs?

A lot has been said recently about the high bills that arise from availing life-saving services offered by air ambulance companies. Most often, the...

US Air Ambulance Services: Looking Beyond Regulations and Insurance

A recent ruling in Florida by the Circuit Court of Appeals favouring a US air ambulance service forced the parents to pay in excess...

Hospital Plans to Replace Old Air Ambulance Transport Helicopter

The Kalispell Regional Medical Center is still using a 17-year-old helicopter to carry out air ambulance transport. The helicopter operates under the hospital’s ALERT...

Bill to Prevent Huge Medical Flight Bills Gets the Go-Ahead

Over the past few weeks, lawmakers in Montana had been discussing a bill that would prevent medical flight patients from getting huge air ambulance...

Air Ambulance Companies Present their Side of the Story

Air ambulance companies have recently faced a lot of flak from people who become the recipients of enormous bills that often pushes them towards...

Confrontation between Air Ambulance Companies and Patients

The recent hearing of Maryland Insurance Administration was all about the unreasonable charges levied by air ambulance companies in the United States. Both the...

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