Air Ambulance Alert: What You Need To Know If You’re Ever Medevacked

When the hospital is too far away during a medical emergency, you're taken in an air ambulance. But what could happen when it’s time to pay? Amanda Boley suffered a life-threatening heart attack. The closest hospital was over an hour away. She says she survived thanks to the help of an air ambulance helicopter that cut her ride to the hospital down to just 17 minutes. She says she was shocked by the cost of that life-saving trip: $65,000, and surprised by the way her insurance company responded.