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By now,
Wake County residents should have
received a form that will save them
money on costly ambulance bills, whether
they are transported by the six private
rescue squads in the county or by the
county-wide EMS.
For a $60 subscription fee
to the EMS Fund, people will be able to
cover their entire household for
unlimited emergency 911 ambulance
service for a year. A single transport
by ambulance can cost over $500.
Medicare and health insurance do not
always cover this cost.
The subscription forms are
being mailed out to county households,
and you can also subscribe by calling
856-6205 or going to
http://www.wakegov.com. This is the
13th year the county has
offered this money-saving option.
Last year the county EMS
system answered more than 60,000 calls,
and over 45,000 of those calls led to a
patient being transported to an
emergency department.
Locally, there are two
emergency services, the county EMS with
paid staff and the private nonprofit
Rolesville EMS, which relies on
volunteers. All the membership money
from the EMS Fund in a squad’s service
area goes to that squad. |
