EMS – Town vs Village
The Ulysses Town Board has initiated a newsletter. I just read the one mailed to my house. If you missed it, it can be found online here
The Town is continues to struggle with the Village of Trumansburg over the heartless EMS billing policy now in effect in the Village.
I appreciate the Town’s concern for the uninsured and underinsured residents of the Village that are now at risk, but I disagree that it is reasonable to corrupt our previously equitable EMS by entering into a relationship with private for profit companies that shouldn’t even exist.
From the Ulysses newsletter,
“The Town feels it is reasonable to recuperate funds from insurance companies through billing to help offset the upward climb in EMS costs; however, not all residents are insured and many are underinsured.”
If you agree that this is reasonable, please read my post from last year,
I continue to maintain that billing increases overall cost, decreases volunteerism, and risks lives.
There will be a question and answer session about the EMS on Tuesday, August 21 at the Town Hall at 7:00 p.m
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