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Comrade Citizen

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5. Talked to everyone; their solution is to end public ambulance service
Fri Apr 4, 2025, 12:22 PM
Apr 4

The county hospital district handles ambulance service in my town.
I've talked to local hospital district, county, and state officials. I've called cruz and cornyn's offices.
They all want to let the private sector take over. Of course without Medicare/Medicaid the private ambulance won't survive.

When I lived in west Texas, local ambulance services ended and a notice was sent out warning people to make plans in case of emergency, and to move closer to a hospital if necessary. Within the next 5 years all towns in Texas under 100,000 people will have no hospital because of cuts to Medicare/Medicaid/CHCs/FQHCs.

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