Mass. patients seeing red from sky-high ambulance bills not covered by insurance [Video]

When you call 911, you need help fast. Most people are not wondering if the ambulance that shows up is in-network for their health insurance. But after getting huge bills, that’s what some patients in Massachusetts say they’ve had to do.When Chris McGovern had a kidney stone attack last year, he was home alone and knew he needed emergency medical care fast.”It was severe. It was quick. There was no warning, and I was down,” McGovern said. “I started to panic, thinking I was going to pass out, thinking I was going to have a heart attack – the pain was so severe. I couldn’t do anything else. The only thing I could do was call 911.”Luckily, UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester is just a few miles from his home, and their ambulance arrived quickly. What did not come so fast was the bill for that ambulance trip, which …