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Instances of 'ER Shopping'
Manipulation of medication prices
Funding for EMS agencies
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Andreas_RebmannAnnotation of
The article directly address EMS and fire and the financial struggles that the industry is currently facing due to the manipulation of resources that are needed. The inability to afford proper equipment is directly affecting patient care, which is a huge issue in EMS. The article points to wall street as the cause of this issue.
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Andreas_RebmannAnnotation of
In response to
Citigroup - investment banking and finanacial services corporation
'Warburg Pincus, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Company, and other major private equity firms'
Oaktree - asset management firm
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Andreas_RebmannAnnotation of
That companies are destroying what EMS and Fire should be by making it hard financially in many ways to sustain an agency. It is supported with past news articles, events involving the industry and related companies, and personal expereinces through interviews.
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In response to
There were many personal interviews along with overall analysis of the system through history of the industry and related companies. He combined both personal subjective experience and objective events to strengthen his arguement.
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"Today, people interact with private equity when they dial 911, pay their mortgage, play a round of golf or turn on the kitchen tap for a glass of water."
"Supervisors regularly paid for supplies out of their own pockets and hoped for reimbursement, emails show. Some workers said the ambulances carried expired medications. Others went “E.R. shopping.” "