> The most efficient way to fund ambulance services would simply be to pay for the option the way that options are normally paid for: with a premium, collected from everyone the service stands ready to rescue. That’s how it’s done in the rest of the rich world. Some places, like the United Kingdom or Japan, simply fund ambulance services directly out of taxes; others, like the Australian state of Victoria, sell memberships in “Ambulance Victoria,” with unlimited exercise at the cost of about $70 a year per family.

So there is a solution.

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charcircuit 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

>from everyone the service stands ready to rescue

So compelled health insurance to use an ambulance? You could just as well make it optional and charge people without the insurance the full price.

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Avicebron 4 hours ago | parent [-]

So everyone's covered unless you explicitly opt-out?

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charcircuit 4 hours ago | parent [-]

Everyone is covered and you have the ability to pay someone to take on the risk of having to pay for an ambulance.

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Avicebron 4 hours ago | parent [-]

what happens to the people who don't pay someone to take that risk when they need an ambulance?

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charcircuit 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Then they pay for the ambulance.

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Avicebron 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Well then not everyone is covered.

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charcircuit 2 hours ago | parent [-]

To me covered means that the ambulance will drive to your location.

	▲	Avicebron an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Hey man, don't worry about it, this is an international forum, English can be difficult. You seem kind of like a more junior/early in your career guy so, I'm happy to help out and explain. Covered in this case means that they don't have to pay some third party to take that risk for them, they can just get the ambulance as part of the nominal fee everyone pays per year or whatever. When you outline a problem statement, you want to map out what the person outlining the specs really mean. It takes practice.

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paxys 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

But that’s socialism!

	▲	yamillove 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Virginia has a long-established local dog license taxes on dog ownership and recently proposed a tax for, among other things, walking dogs. Clearly the liberals have their priorities wrong as usual. But hey you get what you vote for.