Comedy Influencer Robby Witt The latest laws from California lawmakers are being called up, which add new fees and create “discounts” for first responders. One of the laws made his youngest daughter’s ambulance bill more than doubled after providing insurance certificates.
Witt slams legislators in an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital AB 716The law came into effect in California last year, providing uninsured personal discounts for health care payments. It turns out that insurance doubled the price of ambulance bills in Witt’s case, rather than without insurance, which is the “opposite” of how he thinks it should work.
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Tiktok influencer Robby Witt told Fox News Digital about how his ambulance bill doubled after providing proof of insurance. (Getty | Fox News Number)
Despite his origin in the Los Angeles area, Witt also voted unanimously this week to allow its fire department to charge locals $427 in emergency medical services starting in 2026.
As a local NBC Bay Area Member Report“There has been a significant increase in the demand for emergency medical services following the Covid-19-19 pandemic – 911 incidents have reached an all-time high since 2022,” leading to the proposal by Fire Chief Robert Sapien.
Sapien told The The The “implementation of first responder fees will align the department with other healthcare providers, helping our community maintain critical life safety services by restoring costs from healthcare payers.” The spotlight in San Jose.
With the city’s approval, the San Jose Fire Department has joined 23 other fire departments across the state that have implemented the first responder fee.
Witt told Fox that he disagreed with the increased fees.
“We pay high taxes at CA to fund Fire Department. I don’t like the idea of turning to nickel and dimes when needed. As Americans, we have been told you to pay taxes, which will be heading towards the police and shooting, etc. ” he said.
“Now you still have to pay taxes, but that’s not right,” he said, adding to the government: “If states/counties/cities can keep the operational efficiency with our taxes (they) a little bit more (they) can keep these services running without the citizens hunting down new fees.
The San Jose City Council just voted in favor of the local fire department, accusing residents of “first aid expenses” if they use the department’s emergency medical services. (Fox News Digital Mom and Paparazzi)
However, California’s statewide AB 716 law is a law that hits young fathers too close to home.
Witt is gone Virus on Tiktok Last month, a video depicted his daughter responding to food allergies to an ambulance at a hospital, he called a health care company.
In the clip that has been viewed over 30 million times, Witt details his confusion over the $600 ambulance bill, which somehow turned into a $1,300 bill after he provided proof of insurance.
“We received a bill and then we realized you didn’t have our insurance, so we sent you insurance and it seems the bill was up,” Witt told the deputies in the now-already clip.
“Well, yes, this is the first thing you receive, if you don’t have insurance, this is the discount you receive. So, because you’re insured, you’re not eligible for the discount.”
As the representative explained to him, Witt’s insurance paid $1,078.85 in an ambulance ride of $2,342.14, leaving him with nearly $1,300 in a salary. If he never provides proof of insurance, California law will limit his payments to $600.
“Okay, if I don’t have insurance, I’ll get cheaper health care?” Witt asked the deputy, pointing out the ridiculousness of his situation.
As the representative explained in the call, Witt’s original bill was so low due to California law that states: “The ground ambulance provider does not need uninsured patients or out-of-pocket paid patients to pay a fixed payment for the amount paid by Medi-Cal or Medicare to pay for the service fee to pay for the larger costs.”
The father told Fox that he found the cause of the law problematic and noted that people could opt out of insurance to reduce payments.
“I guess my real question is that it’s insurance-based, why is this bill not income-based… So, in fact, you might have a higher income family than I decided to say, what do you know? We won’t buy insurance. Ambulance bill Even if the income is higher, it will be cheaper. ”
He then summoned the proposed MPs.
“So sometimes, when they go to legislate these things, I don’t know if they run out of IQ points to finish it, but to me it doesn’t make sense, you’ll offer a discount based on whether someone is insured rather than based on their W-2 income.”
He added: “I pay $10,000 in my medical insurance premium every year and on ambulance travel, I’m worse than if I don’t.
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