DW>Strange though, in my area there is a major effort to totally
DW>eliminate volunteer First Aid Squads and replace them with paid
DW>services.
>
> The folks in your area enjoy paying more taxes, eh? Replacing
> volunteer squads with paid crews is a good reason to boost the
> tax rates. So what is the 'advantage' to their replacement that
> is being touted?
DW>Nope. There will be no increase in taxes - matter of fact, the taxes
DW>could go down (since the twp. gives some of the money to the squad).
DW>What will happen is the patients will be charged for the call!!!
So what about malpractice insurance? Charging for services effectively
removes them from the protection of the Good Samaritan Act.
Fairfax County, Virginia, did as your proposing, and it resulted in
higher costs to the county which directly resulted in higher taxes.
Again, "...what is the 'advantage' to their replacement that is being
touted?"
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