Everyone should get ambulance cover. It is affordable and directly funds the ambulance service.
It should be covered by medicare, as should essential dental
But you need to know whether you'll be charged if your partner or other family member under the cover is actually covered if they die before the ambulance picks them up. The lady in the article was charged $600 because the ambulance picked up her husband from home when he had already died.
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