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Shouldn't ambulances be dispatched to handle MEDICAL emergencies? Seems a slippery slope (and unnecessary expense) to start sending them for routine transportation needs. I'd hate to have to call an ambulance to accompany my son to the airport--the only times he's been in an ambulance have been to go straight to the ER. Do they let wheel-free friends of the wheelchair user ride in the ambulance too? Or does the mixed-abilities party need to order two cabs--er, a cab and an ambulance?

Penny writes, "Shouldn't ambulances be dispatched to handle MEDICAL emergencies?"

Well, I suppose that's how we activists see it (smile.) It's funny, though: I was reminded by another commenter on another post about Daily Kos, which I'd posted things to in the past, but abandoned for awhile. So this a.m. I posted this blog entry to my Daily Kos diary. Not too long after I'd posted it came this comment:

What is the real impact of this decision?  If "every" vehicle needs to be handicap equipped, then you're packing around hundreds of pounds of extra hardware for limited use.  I absolutely believe that their outsourcing arrangement fits the identified need.

"Handicap-equipped"?

I keep having to remind myself that Kos is supposed to be a liberal blog site.

Ha, Kos stopped being a liberal site some time ago. http://boomantribune.com is a much more progressive site, you may get some more thoughtful discourse there, i've been there for awhile now.

[found this post via penny's blog]