By United Press International
ROCKFORD, Ill. — An Illinois man says he will not pay the bill for an ambulance ride until someone explains to him why the five-minute, 500-foot ride cost $673.
Ken Ward was further incensed to learn that the January trip -- which took him from a heart clinic to Swedish American Hospital -- was charged at double the typical rate because he lives outside the Rockford, Ill., city limits.
Rockford Fire Chief William Robertson said the City Council set the price and the distance is irrelevant.
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