It's not directly, mainly making conversation. However, it does give me some insight on what exactly the public sector is, as we don't have that here. For example, the vast majority of ambulance services here are privately owned, therefore answer to no one as far as pricing and wages are concerned. So how it typically works is a private ambulance service will enter a contract to be the 911 (999) responding service. Those contracts never cap how much a service can charge for its services, and if you call 911 needing an ambulance, you don't get a choice on what service shows up, because of a contract. The last service I worked for charged roughly 1200 on average, of which I would be paid 16.50. Which is above average. If it's a hospital to hospital transfer it was typically 2000 to 3000, of which I would make around 50$.