Tag Archives: EMT

EMT: “It’s unofficially our job to try and figure out what hospital won’t bankrupt you, and it’s bullshit.”

By Mark | November 12, 2014

As it’s been a while since I’ve used this site to whip up righteous indignation over the state of health care in this country, I wanted to share the following story, ripped from the pages of Reddit today, about people who are forced into bankruptcy when ambulances take them to hospitals that don’t accept their […]

Posted in Health, Uncategorized | Also tagged health care, health care costs, health care reform, health insurance, holding insurance companies accountable, Madison, Reddit, single-payer system, Wisconsin | 6 Comments

Did someone fall through Ypsi’s tridge on Friday night, and, if so, what should we learn from it?

By Mark | September 2, 2012

I felt bad about disrupting the local drug trade, but, on Friday night, a bunch of friends and neighbors decided to take our pajama-clad offspring into Riverside Park, to look at the blue moon. While we didn’t encounter any illegal activity during our late evening walk, we did see something odd. While we were making […]