> Greentext

I think that even in parts of Europe why you do pay for health care, you don't pay for the ambulance. The reason being is that if the ambulance has already turned up, and the EMTs have already assessed you, it doesn't cost them any more money to transport you to the hospital so there isn't really any legitimate reason to charge you.

What ambulances really are is just flat operating costs. But those are costs that can be predicted ahead of time so they tend to be paid for either by the hospital through some grant, or from the city. Or through taxes, like with the rest of healthcare, in places with free healthcare.