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Shutdown halts some payments to ambulance services
Bristol Rescue Squad is one of the many ambulence service providers operating with less revenue than usual due to the federal government shutdown. Photo courtesy of Will Elwell
November 6, 2025
Medicare payments to ambulance services were frozen for the first two weeks of the shutdown, impacting rural rescue squads.
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