Critical Needs for Rural EMS Agencies | Idaho Reports

One thing that wasn’t in the governor’s proposed budget was a recommendation to classify emergency medical services as an essential service. That classification would set up a state funding stream for local EMS agencies. The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare also didn’t request that change in their budget. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t still needs. Producer Ruth Brown spent the last few months visiting with leaders of rural Emergency Medical Services agencies about their ongoing struggles with funding.

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