Free ride my arse! About 3 years ago, I landed in the hospital. I was then taken by ambulance to another hospital as this one doesn't have intensive care. I had to stay in intensive care overnight to be on the medication they were giving me via IV. (Dangerously low BP, so they couldn't let me go.)
The grand total of all of it was around $5K, and I had to pay for all of it.
I'm glad I have insurance should it ever be anything worse than that, but I'd love to know how they got the impression everything was free.