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Opinion: Patients are being hit with crippling surprise out-of-network fees for critical, life-saving care.
The EMS system got too good at its job — not the job of saving lives so much as the job of showing up in a matter of minutes at any time, day or night, for anyone who dials those three numbers.
Then, in 2026, the city plans to add a $5.11 charge to hire 14 full-time staff at a future Southridge fire station, increasing the monthly ambulance fee to $25.86.
Ambulance services operating on a private/for profit basis have a long history in the U.S. Often, particularly in smaller communities, ambulance service was seen by the community as a lower priority than police or fire services, and certainly nothing that should require public funding.
A national shortage of EMTs that began even before the COVID-19 pandemic has had an impact on some local ambulance corps. Volunteer losses, calls spike puts mounting pressure on these first responders
The lowest average price per gallon under Biden so far was in January at $2.957, still higher than the highest average price under Trump — $2.208 in May 2018.
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The South East Coast Ambulance Service (Secamb) could respond faster to patients suffering a stroke, according to its chief executive. Strokes are classified as a 'category 2 emergency' and ...