Rural Ambulance Services Facing Major Cash Crunch

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COLFAX -- Jim Kern makes his living in an ambulance, trying to save lives. When he goes home to rural Arrowsmith, he may be doing the same thing -- except for free.

Kern, a paramedic for the Gibson Area Ambulance Service, is president and an active member of the Eastern McLean County Ambulance Association, a group of 28 volunteers that provides ambulance service to the area around Saybrook, Arrowsmith, Colfax and Anchor.

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Rural Ambulance Services Facing Major Cash Crunch

Rural ambulance services fill a special need because they are near the people they serve. Without Lexington's local service, for instance, the five- to 10-minute response stretches to 20 to 25. And towns like LeRoy and those ...

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