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From Fox News: Comedy influencer Robby Witt is calling out California state legislators for recent laws that have added new fees and confusing insurance “discounts” to first responder services. One of these laws made it so that the bill for his young daughter’s ambulance ride became more than twice as expensive after he provided proof of insurance.
In an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital, Witt slammed the lawmakers behind AB 716, a law that went into effect in California last year that gives uninsured individuals discounts on healthcare payments. It turns out that in Witt’s case, having insurance doubled the price of the ambulance bill compared to if he was not insured – the “opposite” of how he thought it should work.
“Your whole life you’ve been told, right? Like, you want to buy health insurance so that if something – God forbid – happens, then you will get a lower rate than if you didn’t have the insurance. Like, that’s what we’ve all been told our whole lives. And then the exact opposite happened,” Witt, who has more than 580,000 TikTok followers, told Fox.
Though he’s from the Los Angeles area, Witt also ripped the San Jose City Council for voting unanimously this week to allow its fire department to bill locals $427 for emergency medical care starting in 2026.
In a video posted to Instagram, Witt explains that the first bill he received was $600. He realized he had forgotten to submit his insurance information, so he sent that in. Then he received a revised bill… for almost $1,300!
WATCH the shocking footage below, as Witt records a phone conversation about the bill he received.
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Below is a video of Witt’s follow-up interview with Fox News. He explained that he pays $10,000 per year for health insurance… but the ambulance fee actually cost him MORE by having insurance that if he wasn’t insured at all.
WATCH:
Insurance is a fucking SCAM. I’ve said this for a long time. Health Insurance should be outlawed. It’s nothing but a Ponzi scheme. You pay and pay and pay into it with your premiums and then when you seek Care they allow the Hospitals and Doctors to charge higher rates and then… pic.twitter.com/yuY9CigYFr
— Brian Slater (@brianrslater) March 29, 2025
Comedy influencer rips California law doubling his ambulance bill after he provided proof of insurance https://t.co/B6YtQTJPAi
— Fox News (@FoxNews) March 29, 2025
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