Hi all,

I thought i would pop this thread here as it could possibly save 'some' members alot of money and unneccessary stress if they rang an ambulance due to being seriously ill, an accident or going into fast labour with bub, etc

A couple of weeks ago my DP had to call an ambulance for me and i had both female paramedics look after me for some time at home, later one of the paramedics stayed with me whilst the other spoke with my DP in the hallway and amongst converstation she told my DP how Ambulance Cover through *some* Private Health Insurance companies ONLY covers the Lights & Sirens of the ambulance and then the patient is hit with the rest of the massive ambulance bill

Sadly she said 10% of patients that call an ambulance DON'T know this and then are hit with the big $$$$ bill

DP and i later discussed what a nightmare that would be if you rang an ambulance due to being seriously ill or a terrible accident then you not long later get hit with an unexpected big bill, we thought how shocking and distressing that would be to anyone

So i thought i'd warn anyone that automatically thinks their health insurance covers them 100% for ambulance cover that it might be worthwhle to check it out if you haven't already for peace of mind !!!

(phew, thankfully i was covered 100% )