Americans, even when bleeding, call Uber, not an ambulance.
If you add up all US doctors making more than $100 a year, it will be less than half of all doctors. In addition, not only doctors work in hospitals. In addition to security and cleaners, there are also nurses, ambulance workers and other doctors. The American healthcare system cannot be directly compared with the Russian one...
...Of course, by law, even poor Americans have the right to medical care. A policeman can call an ambulance for a homeless person and they will still provide him with some kind of emergency assistance. At least in theory. But God forbid they find money on you that you can pay. Some Americans, even when bleeding, beg passers-by not to call an ambulance, and prefer to get to hospitals even in very serious condition by taxi. It gets to the point where people choose to call Uber even if they have internal bleeding or a severed arm. In short, they take any risk so as not to pay bills for an ambulance...
Source: Telegram channel “Vatnik in America”
