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LeftyMom

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8. Sounds like the ambulance service has a ironclad case for refusing to pick them up,

Reply to Newsjock (Original post)

Mon Feb 13, 2012, 02:33 AM

Feb 2012

but they'll probably continue to do so until MediCal stops paying the bill.

Why does a homeless guy have a lawyer? And why is his lawyer telling him how to use the ambulance system as a taxi service instead of telling him to knock that shit off before he has a real emergency and they don't come?

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In Fresno, two homeless men got 1,363 free ambulance rides in 2011 [View all] Newsjock Feb 2012 OP

Hmm.... cliffordu Feb 2012 #1

Perhaps they should camp near the hospital Zalatix Feb 2012 #2

So what? They're homeless - isn't that enough? Nt xchrom Feb 2012 #3

that is my response as well. nt Spock_is_Skeptical Feb 2012 #5

The homeless can do no wrong? Joe the Revelator Feb 2012 #7

The whole health care system is really, really screwed up. Quantess Feb 2012 #4

Somebody is laughing all the way to the bank, and it's not these 2 homeless guys. Electric Monk Feb 2012 #6

Sounds like the ambulance service has a ironclad case for refusing to pick them up, LeftyMom Feb 2012 #8

Those two guys are a symptom of greater problems. ZombieHorde Feb 2012 #9

Why don't they just keep them at the hospital? FrodosPet Feb 2012 #10

Medi-Cal won't cover that. LeftyMom Feb 2012 #11