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The taxpayers buy the ambulance ,pay for maintenance and fuel and than are charged a fee if they need it in an emergency.Is that double dipping? Whats next a bill from the fire dept. and police dept?
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220West Main Street ▶ Archived
22 West Main Street Ansonia, CT
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42 Ford Street Ansonia (Guest)
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RespondOne (Guest)
• Are you certain the EMT responder’s assisting your plight were labeled as ARMS (Ansonia Medical Rescue Service) by way of uniform or addressed service?
• Does a header on the bill say ARMS and what length of time went by from the service date to the bill being in your mailbox?
• Did you actually need physical transport to a Hospital? (Preferably Yale or St Raphael’s.)
If the local ARMS were unable to assist in your plight, a redirection for private or contracted medical service such as AMR (American Medical Response) would be dispatched automatically and most likely represent the billing type ambulatory service you are experiencing.
Jon (Guest)
ALL of this is public record at town hall and you have a computer so use Google!
Norman Walker (Guest)
When AVAC was the primary provider, there were few concerns until a Seymour-ite (Keith) and CD folks (Roy) undermined the service, set precidence for billing, orchestrated the merger with CD and formation of ARMS. The issue was driven by a need for daytime service when volunteers were not available due to their day-job. Today, most cites will bill for service rendered, accept the third party reimbursement and forgive the balance. Underinsured are encouraged to pay what they can.
Della Hubbard and others supported free non-emergent transports and the volunteers lost interest because of over commitments imposed upon them. As such, the little things added up what we have now. There was a woman named Christine Hill who should be given credit for removing the AVAC ambulance from the PD and promoting the use of EMTs. She and someone named Billy Blue (not sure) saved my life when I was a child.
Norman Walker, M.D.
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