This Ohio toddler’s 40-minute ground ambulance ride came with a shocking $9,250 bill. How an exception to surprise billing rules hurts Americans

One such family was recently interviewed by The Washington Post (1). A resident of Mechanicsburg, Ohio, Elisabeth Yoder ...
MM&M

Not serious enough to turn on the siren, toddler’s 39-mile ambulance ride still cost over $9,000

Elisabeth Yoder’s son, Darragh, was 15 months old in August when he developed what at first looked to his parents like hand, foot, and mouth disease. The common viral infection generally clears up in ...
WFAE

Short ambulance ride, big bill

After Cathy Head of Charlotte fell and fractured her shoulder in 2023, she was pleased that her health insurance covered almost all of the expenses for her care: the emergency room visit, the ...
Colorado Public Radio

Insurers fight state laws restricting surprise ambulance bills

Nicole Silva’s 4-year-old daughter was headed to a relative’s house near the southern Colorado town of La Jara when a vehicle T-boned the car she was riding in. A cascade of ambulance rides ensued — a ...
The Union Democrat

Bill of the Month: Not serious enough to turn on the siren, toddler’s 39-mile ambulance ride still cost over $9,000

Elisabeth Yoder’s son, Darragh, was 15 months old in August when he developed what at first looked to his parents like hand, foot, and mouth disease. The common viral infection generally clears up in ...