[dogruck]

Shameful to see the officials congratulate themselves on busting the lady after she copped a free ambulance ride 100 times.

Seems like she was merely hacking a horribly inefficient system.

[malcolmgreaves]

Wrong: the shame is on the woman who knowingly abused the system and took money away from sick people. Just because you can hack a system doesn't mean that you should.

[cbhl]

Okay, but why does an ambulance ride in America cost $4,000 a pop? An Uber travelling the same distance would cost $4, maybe $40.

This is health care costs being out of control right there.

[dogruck]

What portion of the blame does the poor woman bear? What is the just punishment?

What about people who visit emergency rooms, for non-medical emergencies?

[brightball]

Can't argue that. Can you imagine the liability from the ambulance staff if they just didn't pick her up though?

[dogruck]

Yup, age old "that's not my job" strikes again.