alt Hacker NewsComparable UK costs: https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-analysis/data-and-c...
Estimate for an ambulance call is about £450. I suspect the main reason the US costs more is wages.
Comparable UK costs: https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-analysis/data-and-c...
Estimate for an ambulance call is about £450. I suspect the main reason the US costs more is wages.
Wages for which role?
UK – Newly Qualified Paramedics (Band 5): £28,407 – £34,581. USA - $38,000 to $48,000: £28,323 – £35,777
Sure, there's a bunch of different tax treatments and work-benefits between the countries, but I don't think it's the cost-of-labour that is making the USA more expensive.