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unlike our military, which gets free medical care, REAL heros have to pay their own way nt msongs Aug 2012 #1
Do you want free healthcare for yourself? Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2012 #3
Why should the lifeguard pay Politicalboi Aug 2012 #2
What about the company he works for?? RockaFowler Aug 2012 #4
He wasn't on the job. n/t tammywammy Aug 2012 #7
Exactly.. The PATIENT was the 12 yr old...not the lifeguard SoCalDem Aug 2012 #8
He went to the hospital too, complaining of a headache. ryan_cats Aug 2012 #9
"He and his family are making arrangements to pay the bill." MicaelS Aug 2012 #5
Don't you just love the 'for profit' health care system? Lint Head Aug 2012 #6
Save a life Smilo Aug 2012 #10
this is the "Freedom" that the libs want to take away from us Enrique Aug 2012 #11
I hope he doesn't try to spend it hfojvt Aug 2012 #12
Sounds like the ambulance comapny is trying to double dip. whistler162 Aug 2012 #13
I wonder if the ambulance split the cost between the two patients or charged both full price. Liberal_in_LA Aug 2012 #14
This 'journalism' is ATROCIOUS. Was the lifeguard treated for the headache in the Nay Aug 2012 #15
The "Journalist" probably went to the Sarah Palin School of Journalism. madinmaryland Aug 2012 #19
One of the many ways capitalism shreds the ties between human beings and instinctual reactions HiPointDem Aug 2012 #16
No good deed goes unfisted. HughBeaumont Aug 2012 #17
The rescue'd boy's parents Sgent Aug 2012 #18
That is so ridiculous. RebelOne Aug 2012 #20
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