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Okay, throwing another question out to you ebrandoners!  
 
The family that got into this accident in August has now gotten ambulance bills in the mail. About 170$ for each person in their car (170$ x 7 people). Again not being from this country, I’m not too sure how this works. So if someone hits you, ambulance gets called, you never actually go in the ambulance, they just arrive on scene and do a quick once over - they still charge you that much money??  
 
I was shocked to hear that is what happened! Is there a way to dispute this? Or??…payments? Or…?  
 
What are your thoughts

There should be payment information/options on the statement they got in the mail. unfortunately, ambulances are not free, if they do not have coverage through their job/insurance provider like Blue Cross for example, they may indeed have to pay. It's an unfortunate situation to be sure, I would suggest they get in contact with the City (assuming they sent the statement) and see exactly what their options are.

A year ago at my workplace I dealt with an accident involving a company vehicle. We received a bill for emergency services/ambulance. The other party was at fault in the accident-it turned out that we received the bill in error. The bill was redirected to the other party and we did not have to pay it. If your person was not the driver at fault in the accident then I wouldn't think he has to pay-it should come off the at fault driver's insurance.  
 
I was involved in an accident a couple years ago, and 2 ambulances attended (not sure who called it in, possibly a police officer who came past the scene) I did not need an ambulance but the EMT did come to talk to me to be sure. I was never billed for that-if there was a bill I assume it was paid by the other driver's insurance.  
 
I would question why your person's ambulance bill is not being paid by insurance for whichever party is at fault.

Check with the body that insures the vehicle (MPI in Manitoba) they should pay. I was in a terrible accident a few years ago in another province. I needed a regular ambulance and was eventually air lifted by air ambulance. MPI covered it all. It may just be hard to get answers right now with the strike.

Each person will need a bodily injury claim number and the invoices will be paid by MPI.

Have travel insurance?

They will charge anyone who gets looked after them whether they go in the ambulance or not!! I had a cryptic pregnancy didn’t find out until birth gave birth at home and because we rode the ambulance there because we had to it was an emergency we were both going down but anyways my son was still attached to me via umbicial cord and we both got charged 550 each 1100 for the two of us to go in the same ambulance and receive almost no care other than blood pressure and me giving oxygen to baby while they watched. There is information on the bill how to pay it, it’s unlikely they will not make you pay.  
 
Edited by Jackiebridges, 2023-10-26 22:19:44

If paramedics attended to you and provided care, whether you were transported or not, you will receive a bill for their medical services.  
 
If you have insurance, your insurance company will pay all or a percentage of it depending on your coverage.  
 
If the bill was a result of a vehicle accident then MPI pays the invoice if you are from Manitoba and have coverage.