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Why Pennsylvania paramedics say ‘EMS is dying’

The state budget includes a $20.7 million increase to ambulance reimbursement rates, but EMS agencies say much more is needed.

In this file photo, medical workers bring a patient out of the hospital into a waiting ambulance at Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia on Dec. 3, 2020.
In this file photo, medical workers bring a patient out of the hospital into a waiting ambulance at Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia on Dec. 3, 2020.Read moreJESSICA GRIFFIN / Staff Photographer