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Josh Schoemann: “With an aging population, there's more people that are…”

Featuring: Josh Schoemann, Washington County Executive, Wisconsin, candidate 2024

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Community Comment - 07-22-26 - Washington County Executive Josh Schoemann

Published | Video Starts at 05:37

You know, everybody, everywhere is seeing really poor reimbursement rates on Medicare and Medicaid, and that's a major funding source for our folks in ems. But then to kind of add insult to injury, With an aging population, there's more people that are Medicare and Medicaid eligible and less and less people that are able to be on the volunteer service anymore. And so it's kind of this perfect storm of challenge and difficulty. And we're really working with our partners in these fire departments and EMS departments, as well as our … (05:37–05:47)

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Asserts that an aging population increases Medicare and Medicaid eligibility while decreasing volunteer availability for EMS.

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