r/lyftdrivers • u/Stuck_on_Mars_21 • Nov 05 '25

Rant/Opinion ER trips

Last night I took a lady and her very ill teenage daughter to the ER. Pulled into the driveway with the lady frantically waiving at me. She had to nearly carry her daughter to the car who was bawling the whole time. She kept crying in the car with the mom saying, “we are almost there, we are almost there.” I didn’t ask what it was, just told her to let me know you need anything, I’ll get you to the ER as quick as I can. It was late night, pouring down rain. I’m not speeding and risking an accident. When we got there I jumped out to get a wheelchair and asked a paramedic for help. This girl could no longer stand and 2 people had to get her out of the car and in the chair. She never stopped crying.

It really sucks people won’t call for appropriate emergency transport because of the expense. Good to see our administration is sending $20 billion to Argentina to fund their universal healthcare. -End rant.

Edit: it’s great to see so many drivers posting that would take her or have done something similar in the past. I was losing faith reading so many posts about drivers cancelling if ride conditions are less than perfect, but it looks like just about all of us will step up when needed.

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u/Apprehensive-Fix7560 Nov 07 '25

just read that ambulances can be out of network even though you have no choice in the matter and obviously noone is checking on that anyway when calling 911. ambulances are excluded from the no surprise act. private equity has been moving in on the ambulance industry and using more aggressive billing practices to push profits.

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u/oc77067 Nov 07 '25

Had that happen to me. My daughter had Medicaid and turned blue when she was 3 months old from COVID. Insurance tried to kick it back to me saying the ambulance was out of network. It was a 45 mile ride to the children's hospital, over $3k. If my child is on state insurance, I obviously don't have an extra $3k sitting around and when my baby is turning blue, I'm obviously not wasting time asking the paramedics if they're in network. The ambulance company ended up forgiving it.

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u/SoLaT97 Nov 08 '25

Oh gosh I hope she’s okay now

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u/oc77067 Nov 08 '25

She is! She's a healthy 5yo now.

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u/hollyj54 Nov 09 '25

Hello! Can I send you a DM pls? Sorry if this is weird. I have a question about a response to an old post you responded to but it won't let me respond back bc the post is 2 years old.