Patricia Kelmar, the senior director of health care campaigns for PIRG, a national advocacy group, said in her interview with The Washington Post that patients are rarely told what an ambulance ride will cost before receiving the bill.Christian health care sharing ministries do not offer members negotiated rates with ambulance companies or other medical providers, unlike a traditional insurer. In Ohio, where the Yoders live, there are no state or federal billing protections for uninsured patients to deal wi ...