Colorado’s EMS savings promise: Too soon to celebrate
By Cory Gaines | Commentary, Colorado Accountability Project
I thought the headline of the KUNC article below was quite provocative. The title is, in full, "Ambulance services would get funding boost while saving Colorado millions under new bill."
Bit too certain, I thought. Not so much the first part, but the latter bit: "...while saving Colorado millions."
First, to the bill. The KUNC article is linked first below, with the bill underneath it. Screenshots 1a and 1b are the summary of what the bill does from its fiscal note.
Skipping a lot of detail the bill allows EMS workers to do more treatments "in place", where and when they are called out or encounter someone needing medical attention in lieu of scooping everyone up and taking them to the ...

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