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We have the same system for ambulances. You pay a yearly fee to insurance and ambulances are covered or made much cheaper.
Hmmmm. Our ambulance membership costs go directly to the ambulance services though, not through an insurance company. The 'fee' without the membership is basically a penalty fee to encourage everyone to be a member so the ambulance is constantly funded.
It really should be done as part of our tax system, but we tend to follow US crony capitalism.
Edit: I'm half wrong. The money doesn't go to insurance companies but it's a state thing that sort of goes direct to the ambulance service.
You can just say capitalism, calling it anything else only serves to mislead people about natural evolution of capitalism.
So what if you're outside that company's coverage area?
I think there's a little misunderstanding there (not US-crony-capitalism) but I'm happy to just call it capitalism.
It's not a company though. The ambulance is state run, so to be 'outside' the service area is to be in another state, where they'd have their own state run ambulance service.
The membership covers costs for everyone within the state regardless of how remote you are.
So if you're a NSW resident and you get hurt in Victoria, do you pay full rate or does the ambulance subscription cover you either way?
Very interesting question! I looked up what NSW has and they don't have anything like that. I also looked deeper into the ambulance Victoria requirements.
So, if your primary place of residence is not in Victoria, you can't be a member and have to foot the entire bill unless your private health insurance covers it.
If you're a Victorian with a membership, if you get hurt anywhere in the country, you're covered.
Yes and it allows people such as myself, low income earners, disability, to not have to pay for an ambulance (or an annual membership) if needed. ❤️ I think it's a pretty decent system especially compared to others.