US List of Emergency Recompression Chambers Near Active Scuba Diving Locations. . .
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Here in the SoCal Twin Ports of Los Angeles/Long Beach -one of the largest combined shipping container ports in the US, and in the top twenty of the busiest ports in n the world- that is a distinct possibility. . .If you get bent as a boat hull cleaner, the boat you are working on must be pretty big!
Yeah, that would make sense. But I certainly haven't heard of a lot of "backing off" from the NY/NJ/FL guys who have very few chambers available to them.
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It's better to know where you can dive recreationally or professionally as a US Citizen, and your emergency resources covered by tax supported Gov't public programs like Medicaid, if you're a down-on-your luck diver that can't even afford secondary accident insurance like DAN.
My beef with DAN (and with @Duke Dive Medicine here on SB) is that they have a conflict-of-interest in this instance -->claiming that they are the go-to authority on what kind of emergency treatment a DCI patient should seek while trying to sell you their insurance product at the same time.
IMHO -All the info you need to seek and get emergency treatment is there if you're a diving casualty victim in the vicinity of these hospitals/medical center facilities listed in the OP. . .
I know you are trying to be helpful, but if I've got to choose between DAN and Kev Rumbo for my information and accident support strategy, I'll go with the former, especially if evacuations and payments (and non-US diving) are involved. You are fortunate to live/dive in a unique area; most of us do not have that benefit.
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Medicaid, and Medicare, are each only available BEFORE an event, and only to certain qualified persons.
Putting together a list of providers that accept Medicaid is kinda useless unless you already are ON Medicaid, i.e. they are just one more insurance provider, for all purposes. That's like putting together a list of providers who take Cygna plans, isn't it?
Putting together a list of providers that accept Medicaid is kinda useless unless you already are ON Medicaid, i.e. they are just one more insurance provider, for all purposes. That's like putting together a list of providers who take Cygna plans, isn't it?
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No, because unlike private insurance plans, Medicaid is entirely Gov't tax-supported and has little to no insurance premiums or deductibles/co-payments etc -depending on how destitute you are- for covered medical health treatments & care here in the US.
So if Medicaid can cover 100% for HBOT in a DCI emergency casualty case for you as a US Citizen, the point open for discussion now is why then would you need to buy secondary accident insurance coverage like DAN?
(Btw, by Law the emergency facilities listed in the OP have to treat you with HBOT as needed for DCI -whether you are insured and the ability to pay, or not).
(1) Medicaid is not always applicable, (2) not everybody is a US citizen, (3) not everybody dives in the US, (4) sometimes you need to evacuate to the HBOT treatment, and (5) it is nice to have a knowledgeable 3rd party advocate like DAN as part of the discussions about diagnosis and treatment.
Any other questions?
