That is just my factpinion.
So the fact that Private EMS does not run in your community means that Fire service EMS is better for your community? I do not see the logic.
I did not say that the fire department paramedics are bad at what they do. I provided you with an very small picture of what I see in my day to day run ins with them. They tell me they do not want to be EMTs or Paramedics. They tell me everyday.
How do you know that the Fire service is better for your community? Can you provide evidence? Private EMS offers an economically viable solution to providing emergency medical services to large and small communities, and creates an environment where tax payers are not billed for service, but rather individual patient's insurances are. (insurance and health care billing is a whole different beast so I won't go into it). Private EMS agencies bid for contracts, creating a free market system in which the local government can pick the agency that works best for them all while saving millions of dollars that could be spent on education and city renovation. Paramedics have the potential to make better wages in these systems with increasing educational demands, which hopefully will be recognized in the future by medicare and private plans, reimbursement may go up. Also, paramedics will not be forced to wear the hat of another professional, and can concentrate on providing patient care.
I know fire based works, because it hasn't changed in the past 100 years, and no of the community is complaining about, as far as the privates go nobody wants to make 12.00 an hour forever, so with high turn over the wages won't increase and the privates will still be able to afford cheap labor.
BTW- I have lived in the cincinnati area and yes, it is a bad place. But, I have seen much worse and much poorer areas. Cincinnati is an average American city, not bad and not good, just average!
Maybe where you live. There are some pretty decent opportunities for private paramedics in Ventura, Santa Barbara, San Luis, and some more northern california counties. Just because California does things one way does not make it right.I did not say that the fire department paramedics are bad at what they do. I provided you with an very small picture of what I see in my day to day run ins with them. They tell me they do not want to be EMTs or Paramedics. They tell me everyday.
How do you know that the Fire service is better for your community? Can you provide evidence? Private EMS offers an economically viable solution to providing emergency medical services to large and small communities, and creates an environment where tax payers are not billed for service, but rather individual patient's insurances are. (insurance and health care billing is a whole different beast so I won't go into it). Private EMS agencies bid for contracts, creating a free market system in which the local government can pick the agency that works best for them all while saving millions of dollars that could be spent on education and city renovation. Paramedics have the potential to make better wages in these systems with increasing educational demands, which hopefully will be recognized in the future by medicare and private plans, reimbursement may go up. Also, paramedics will not be forced to wear the hat of another professional, and can concentrate on providing patient care.
I know fire based works, because it hasn't changed in the past 100 years, and no of the community is complaining about, as far as the privates go nobody wants to make 12.00 an hour forever, so with high turn over the wages won't increase and the privates will still be able to afford cheap labor.
People do not generally complain in LA and OC because of the aggressive hero image people like Brian Humphery work hard to put up.