air ambulance

Air ambulances help boost a patient’s odds of surviving and recovering, particularly in rural areas that don’t have trauma or burn centers. More than 550,000 patients in the U.S. use them every year.

The median air ambulance bill is more than $36,000 and is seldom covered by health plans. So far, legislative hurdles and industry pressure have kept Congress from stepping in.

A University of South Florida senior is in a Cuban hospital following a recent car crash, but she can't return to the United States because her family...