I live in the US. My spouse has been taken to the hospital by ambulance at least 5 times, probably more. Most of those times he had pneumonia, he’s quadriplegic and asthmatic, he couldn’t breathe and needed to lie flat and get oxygen, not sit in his wheelchair or a car seat. The other time was a GI bleed from a botched surgery. So all the ambulance trips ended with him being “admitted” and staying in the hospital from a few days to five months. Every time, the insurance covered the ambulance. Being admitted is the qualifying event.

Insurance has also covered non-emergency ambulance rides home, because they don’t wait until he’s fully well to send him home, and the hospital doctor prescribed it.

Do we spend out the ass on insurance premiums? Yes, because we know we’re likely to need the best coverage. It’s our biggest monthly expense.

Would universal government-sponsored healthcare be better? Fuck yes.

Would it be gutted like a fish every time the GOP was in power? A good reason to vote them out and keep them out.

But I’ve driven myself to the ER, because I could still safely do so, and often a Lyft can do the job just as well, if you can sit and don’t need medical support to keep from dying on the way there.

“Bleeding out” would require an ambulance, “bleeding” might not. Will the ambulance driver probably decide they need lights and siren? Yeah, you should be calling 911.

Do be kind and protect the driver/vehicle from anything messy or contagious. If you expect the ER will probably be able to treat you and send you home without a hospital stay, it’s unlikely the ambulance will be covered.

And if you’re one of the millions with no insurance because our stupid job-based profit-oriented system makes it unaffordable? My heart breaks.

Kristi Noem would probably come shoot you for free.

In 1929 someone celebrated “Kill a Colonizer Day” by gunning down seven of Bugs Malone’s gang that had been colonizing Capone’s turf.

They should be in jail, they’re a threat to the community.

I think they’re cheese waxes like from Laughing Cow. They’re saying “melt down old cheese waxes to make romantic red tea-light candles for your Valentine.”

Edit to add, “you may fascinate a woman with a piece of cheese.” So bring some more Babybels to eat in the Jacuzzi by candlelight.

White people willing and able to do construction work in Texas cost more, if they can be found at all.

The best way to help Cheeto get fit is to play actively with him.

Honored, you mean. 😸

Grab a head of romaine next time, slice it up and rinse it and have it in the fridge so you can grab a handful to add to your sandwich or bed under your hot chicken to catch the juices. Maybe grab an apple while you’re in the produce section.

Unfair to Linus, who is a kind and caring individual. For instance young Snoopy often stole his blanket and he never shot the puppy.

For those of you with MAGA family members, and who might live in states which require ID to vote: most people might pat a pocket to check that they have their wallet but aren’t likely to check their driver’s license is actually in there. Getting stuck without it at the polls might not completely stop them voting but we all have seen conservatives change their tune when something impacts them. The license could turn up at someplace like their grocery store…

Yes I don’t know what happened there, fixing it!

Doesn’t really fit the requirements but actor/singer/guitarist David Peter Capaldi probably still has his old sonic screwdriver tucked in a pocket just in case.

What’d’you shave with that toothpick?

Especially if the bed’s in a corner and you’re too short to reach

I’m not sure about the “good”

Those legs! Ridiculous.

Oops, limbs. Victoria would not approve.

That’s not the flex you think it is, dude

It’s literally the point of a fire drill.

A scheduled test of the equipment, with the alarms going off randomly all day as the tester gets to them, doesn’t require you to evacuate.

Such a test is always supposed to be preceded by ample warning notifications, so people will be extra careful not to set real fires while the building is vulnerable.

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Style choice? Too empty? Too full of random junk?