Air ambulances leave some with sky-high bills

By JoNel Aleccia
MSNBC.com

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LYONS, N.Y. — Charlie Taylor was loading a four-wheeler into the back of his pickup truck last spring when the heavy rig jumped a ramp, overturned and landed on Taylor’s chest.

The 49-year-old Lyons, N.Y., man broke seven ribs, leaving him barely able to breathe and with no detectable blood pressure, prompting paramedics to call for an air ambulance to whisk him 30 miles to the nearest hospital.

But when Taylor got the bill for that 15-minute flight, it took his breath away — again.

Full story: Patients are finding they can't pay medical debt