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Need An Ambulance? If You're Overweight, It's Going To Cost An Extra $543

By Carey Alexander on July 4, 2009 12:00 PM 204 Comments

—>An ambulance ride with American Medical Response in Topeka, Kansas will soon cost an extra $543 for folks weighing 350 pounds or more. Though AMR already owns cots that can support up to 500 pounds, they claim that because of rising demand from so-called "bariatric patients," they now need to buy winches and "extra large and reinforced cots." More »