• Sulvor [he/him, undecided]@hexbear.net
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    1 day ago

    From May, the emergency vehicles will charge a fixed rate of 50 yuan ($8; £5) for patients being transported up to 3km (1.9 miles), and then seven yuan for each kilometre travelled after that, the Beijing Morning Post reports. If an ambulance is called but then not needed, a 50-yuan charge will still apply, the paper notes.

    Oh my god a 10km ambulance ride would cost like $15, how terrible!

    Meanwhile, in America:

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