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The COVID-19 pandemic has put further strain on rural ambulance corps and shown the need for the state to address their financial and manpower problems, state Assemblyman Angelo Santabarbara said on Saturday.
With the 2021 legislative session just getting underway, he said he will resume his push for legislation he introduced last year to establish a task force that will look at how to support ambulance services.
“There really is very little support historically for rural ambulance services,” said Santabarbara, D-Rotterdam, who has been re-appointed Assembly Chairman of the Legislative Commission on Rural Resources. “What the legislation speaks to is that there needs to be more research and effort to find more long term solutions. There needs to be a long term solution to stabilize these services.”
Pandemic is straining ambulance providers
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Covid crisis leads to fiscal crisis for emergency medical service providers
According to the United New York Ambulance Network, the state’s ambulance industry has been among the hardest-hit nationwide
Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Author: Tracey Drury, Business First Published: 8:35 AM EST December 16, 2020 Updated: 8:35 AM EST December 16, 2020
BUFFALO, N.Y. It’s not unusual for emergency medical technicians to respond to a call, only to have the person decline to go to the hospital.
Treat-and-release calls are common, and even expected, when EMTs respond to a call. But they’re also not billable, which means financial losses must be subsidized by other calls.