Detroit to prioritize EMS calls

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the billing system for Detroit ambulances is a fraud. My mother has severe chrohn disease that flares far beyond what the typical treatment can help. She went to Sinai Grace two times last year for complications with this disorder. We live about 2 miles [[tops) from the hospital and was billed $850 for one trip, and $1250 for the following. I even caught the driver lying to the other paramedic about the total miles driven after I met them at the hospital and heard the two say openly that the miles traveled was 27 while one was filling out the travel report.
My wife had to be taken a few times to Northwestern hospital in Chicago while we lived there before coming to care for my mother two years ago. We lived in Lakeview and was charged $125 each time. What exactly is wrong with the fraudulent EMS service in this city? Contacting the billing company for the service fetched no results but a response of "what do u want me to do about that?"

may I also add that with a city that is predominantly at or below the poverty rate, the city offers absolutely no way for the poor to negotiate for or apply for bill assistance. Absolutely so discounts or charatible assistance. This is odd cause Chicago, Cleveland and San Fran all offer this.