Your problem, unfortunately is not unique.
The Florida statute reads," Except as otherwise provided by law, all medically necessary transfers shall be made to the geographically closest hospital with the service capability, unless another prior arrangement is in place or the geographically closest hospital is at service capacity...."
You may have been discharged because your condition did not meet the Medicare standards for your condition so that the hospital may not have been able to be compensated by Medicare for your admission. You may get an ambulance bill, because, again, Medicare may only pay for an ambulance if you are admitted to the hospital, or there was a life-threatening condition.
In any regard, there are now over 50 active and retired teachers associations, and municipal employee associations that have come together to offer a very comprehensive ground and air emergency transport program that will pay for any ground or air emergency transport no matter where you are in the entire world. If you wish more information on this, or any of the other group programs available, you can contact me by visiting my Facebook page:
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