EMS fees to go up

Wednesday, September 26. 2012
Increasing EMS fees, considering other options for providing a county transportation program and rebidding the fee for the disposal of garbage hauled to the transfer station are being looked at by Jackson County manager Kevin Poe during the budget process.
In a Jackson County Board of Commissioners work session Tuesday morning to review the proposed $63.6 million budget, Poe outlined those three areas as possible impacts on the budget.
A final vote on the budget and millage rate will be held at a called meeting at 9 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 4, at the courthouse. The proposed millage rate is 9.87 mills for incorporated areas of the county and 8.61 mills for unincorporated areas of the county. That is a .020 mill increase in the incorporated area. There is no proposed change for the unincorporated area.
For the full story, see the Sept. 26 issue of The Jackson Herald.
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#1 Countryboy on 09/27/12 at 12:48 PM [Reply]
EMS fees going up???? Dont they charge enough for transports as it is!!??? Its sad they have to charge at all when they transports someone who has been injured or has a medical problem... I mean they already get tax money and now they have to increase there transport fees??? Some of the medic are not even friendly and could care less about patient care... I heard a few of them in the past make comments that they could care less if they run a call on there shift or not because they still get paid to be there, while that maybe true it is not correct and a good EMT or medic should not place money above patient care in the 1st place, if your good at what you do the money will be there.... As for as the county getting a new rescue truck where is it going??? Unless it goes to only a few area with older trucks I dont see it being needed??? All the depts I know have good rescue trucks, yes there maybe 1 or 2 depts that could benefit from a new rescue truck.... Again I dont think this county needed a huge court house like it built, its sad that the money you pay on a house or double wide that you bought and payed has to be taxed and even land that is your has to be taxed, I dont see it being used wisely when they get the funds from the tax... In away you never own anything in this country the government own it all... Dont get me wrong I dont hate the government just kind of hate the way its set up...
#1.1 Go DAWGS on 09/27/12 at 05:19 PM [Reply]
If everyone had insurance or simply paid there bills when transported by a local ambulance they wouldn't have to go up. But a huge percentage of the transported folks on ambulances don't pay there transport fees or don't have insurance. So country boy the charges simply get passed on to you and I the hard working tax payer. Also when people with no insurance go to the hospital and skip out on the bill, we get charged more when we go to the hospital so the hospital can recover some of the cost. It would be so easy if EVERYONE has INSURANCE.
#1.2 ANON on 10/01/12 at 07:03 PM [Reply]
Countryhick,

If the people who called an ambulance actually needed an ambulance there would be no problem with the current rate. The way it is now all the medicaid abusers call 911 for a toothache and ride to the hospital. Athens Regional First Care calls 911 for transport several times a day because the doctors are incompetent. This combined with all the other emergency and non-emergency calls for service places a huge demand on the county service. Medicare and Medicaid under the "wonderful" obamacare failure of a plan pay less and less. Therefore, the paying customers are forces to pay more because of those who are too sorry to pay. Thank the system and the president, don't blame the service.
#2 I wonder on 09/28/12 at 09:44 AM [Reply]
Now isn't that interesting? The goat rope BOC decides to build a new EMS station to serve the political objectives of Yates and forgo the use of property it previously purchased for the same purpose and now we have to raise EMS fees. And we complain about Obama, Reed and Pelosi?
#2.1 anon on 10/01/12 at 05:29 AM [Reply]
Bingo!

Most people, particularly in "red" states that receive more in federal tax dollars than they contribute, would be better served by reigning in local spending. Instead, they blindly support anyone with an "R" next to their name on the ballot.

Wake up, America!
#3 Michael McCarthy on 09/30/12 at 05:59 PM [Reply]
Medicine is not free. In fact, it's very expensive but you get what you pay for. No where else in the world can you dial 911 and get skilled healthcare delivered to your door in minutes.
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