I called the police on B* but they sent along an ambulance for C* which was needed! B* went to jail, C* went to foster care. I got the ambulance bill for $800.00. On the back of the bill it clearly states if C* has health insurance C*'s parents, or grandparent or foster family can sign it and be done with it, which he does. C*'s family refuses to sign it or give it to the foster family & the bill keeps getting sent to my house.

Am I responsible for the bill at all?

**Im Sure a lot of you know who & what im talking about , i've just talked about & told the story so much I am drained. I am only bringing it up because i wrote an email to our ambulance station (here its called emergency squad] asking if i was indeed responsible and they are just not calling asking for more information trying to decide if i am or not. Just looking for you opinions.

is it your child?

No the bill isnt your responsibility... even if you HAD called the ambulance you werent the one using it...especially since you say the ambulance was needed.

Quoting Rebekah Garden x3:" is it your child?"

No

Whoever is legally responsible for the child owes the bill. It doesn't matter who calls the ambulance, if it was a necessary bill then the guardians of the child should pay the bill.

No, you shouldn't be getting the bill. C is not your child. That's like someone (other than my child) getting into some sort of accident at my house and me calling the ambulance to my house to pick them up.

Quoting she nan igans:" Whoever is legally responsible for the child owes the bill. It doesn't matter who calls the ambulance, if it was a necessary bill then the guardians of the child should pay the bill."

Yup. Smurf sucks. I mean, I am grateful it was available to take my son to the ER because I was worried if he had another attack in the car, I wouldn't be able to do anything about it. But I didn't call for them. I just rushed him to a nearby clinic; they said he had to go to Children's Mercy to be observed and would only let him leave in an ambulance. Just under $2,000 for the bill.  

Quoting kr.r:" Yup. Smurf sucks. I mean, I am grateful it was available to take my son to the ER because I was worried ... [snip!] ... to go to Children's Mercy to be observed and would only let him leave in an ambulance. Just under $2,000 for the bill.  "

Yup. Now, you don't get charged is you don't use it. So anyone can choose to call, but what matters is if teh services were rendered.

I had a car accident and the ambulance was called because the police were called. I got checked out (now I know to refuse, lol) and it was like $200 even though all they did was basically ask me question and look at my eyes. I didn't really understand though that you could be like "I'm good." I could have just gone to urgent care (which I did afterwards) because unless the ambulance is going to take you to the hospital it's not like they can do anything for small things.

But if you get care it's the same as if you went in to see a Dr. It's the guardian's job to foot the bill. However, the guardian could possibly sue someone else in order for them to pay if there is a good reason (say taking the child into the ER for no reason and running up bills without parental consent).

Generally though? Nope. It's the parents (guardians) job to pay the bill.