The first time I had a seizure, was when I was at home and my father heard it and he came rushing in & door was locked so he pushed in around the lock to get to me. He freaked out, and didn't know what to do so he called my brother, mother, and then called the paramedics saying something had happened to me.
I finally became self aware, and then I saw them around me with paramedics questioning me, and kept trying to get me to go with them. I refused, and finally somebody said have my parents take me to the hospital, and they gave me a paper to sign saying it wasn't a bill or anything saying it was to say they were not responsible.
I never received a bill for the ambulance (guess they only charge you if you take it). I went to the hospital, and they did CT scan, blood work, urine (I didn't know what for... Later, I got a bill that had a drug test for illegal drugs listed without telling me and then charged me), EKG, and couple of other tests. They charged me about 7 thousand dollars. I had insurance, so they paid all except like 1000 and I had them write off so much since I had no money and my father paid the rest.
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This is probably illegal, and I wouldn't recommend it. If something were to happen like this again, and yet I ended up in a hospital with no damage except having a seizure which they can do nothing about. If just some stranger called; I would give fake information or walk out without them knowing so they couldn't charge me. I know, it's wrong, but my relatives and I just does not have the money to pay for this. I just cannot afford another $1000 or something. Hopefully I won't have another seizure.
An ambulance will not charge you if you refuse to take it (at least with me), although they try their best to get you to go with them! Hospitals gets a lot of people who cannot afford to pay, and so they usually just charge it to the government, get charity, or increase the costs and charge those who do have health insurance. Most of the time, they never threaten to take you to court, hand it over to a credit agency, or threaten to imprison you (guess it depends on hospital & state) So, if you cannot afford it what can you do? Not much, they may be willing to negotiate with you depending on how much you earn, and knock off a lot of it and help you come up with a plan to pay for it. So, really it's not free, but they don't deny you service just because you cannot pay. Of course, it may ruin your credit but that isn't as bad. Try contacting the hospital's billing department & see social worker or somebody for advice. I'm not an accountant & could be wrong.