Subject: paid ambulance? My question on this is what if a resident does not have insurance for the Company to bill? I am not sure if I am for or against this yet. But that is one question that needs an answer prior to decision-making. AW


RESPONSE: Nearly everyone seems to agree that the present system under the leadership of gary THE MUKTAR franklyn is not working…at a 60% response record that puts lives at risk. The obvious reason that more and more communities are going to some form of paid ambulance service is that volunteer services are not able to meet the emergency needs of the community. That is clearly the case in Mullica.

As you know there is another reason and that is economic. Not only does the community get better service (2 EMTs mandated on each run, instead of 1 EMT), the response time is likely to be quicker, and the cost is paid for by insurance that most people already have…Medicare or private health insurance, with a paid ambulance squad.

Bill Cosby said: I DON’T KNOW THE KEY TO SUCCESS, BUT THE KEY TO FAILURE IS TRYING TO PLEASE EVERYBODY. The question you raise as to what happens for those who don’t have insurance is a legitimate one that other communities have addressed in various ways. Whether a paid ambulance service would bid on services with the proviso that for those who don’t have insurance and were unable to pay the service would be provided for free as in Atlantic City or for those who don’t have insurance there would be a small annual subscription fee; you are correct would need to be explored.

There may well be no perfect solution, but the present system is a failure in Mullica 40% of the time. Further as noted here before about 20% of the calls are made to 2 for profit businesses that support the Republican Party in Mullica. The cynical fact that THE CORRUPT MULLICA 5 fail to address that community subsidy is political as is the tax burden and safety issues that continue to sustain the present failure that is ambulance service to Mullica. As Peggy Noonan noted: CYNICISM IS NOT REALISITIC AND TOUGH. IT’S UNREALISTIC AND KIND OF COWADLY BECAUSE IT MEANS YOU DON’T HAVE TO TRY.