Apy- I thought I heard you say that you can’t imagine someone having a true emergency and being hesitant to call hatzolo and I was agreeing with you 100%. I added that there are people who will argue that point, but I personally believe they are not able to differentiate between emergencies (which people won’t hesitate calling for despite fees) and things people consider true emergencies but aren’t actually so, in which case they MIGHT hem and haw.
I absolutely do not think hatzolo has any bad intent nor would they try to reduce calls through this means. I just don’t think there are any scenarios of a true emergency where someone would hesitate.
Regarding my vote, I hadn’t cast one.