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Oft kann man nur noch eine einzige Krankenversicherung auswählen und die Beiträge sind im Vergleich zu 2017 um 20-30% gestiegen.
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"Staff at Verde Valley Medical Center, about 90 miles north of Phoenix, treated Ezra with medicine. But the little boy's condition was critical, and the hospital didn't have a pediatric unit.
Doctors recommended he be airlifted to the hospital in Flagstaff, about 40 miles to the northeast.
"I heard 'helicopter' and thought, 'That's probably not cheap,' " said Ezra's father, Dave Brunner.
But the child's life was in the balance, so the family couldn't wait.
Brunner had no idea how right he would be.
The bill for the 15-minute emergency flight totaled $47,000.
When the family's insurer agreed to pay a fraction of the cost, $5,000, the air-ambulance company came after the Brunners for the rest, billing records show."
[https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/06/26/42-k-air-ambulance-bill-not-covered-insurance/733634002/]