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These paramedics do more than emergency calls. Idaho wants more of them. This grant could help.

  • Kyle Pfannenstiel

Dave Walls remembers winning an argument with Medicaid.  At first, the state-run public assistance program wouldn’t cover an in-home caregiving service for a patient that he was helping out. But after he pointed out coverage guidelines on the state’s website, Walls said the state’s tune changed. “That feels almost as good as a code save,” […]

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‘I have no reason to quit’: South Dakota EMTs still lending a hand in their 80s

  • Meghan O'Brien

When he first earned his emergency medical technician certification almost three decades ago, Gerald Frame didn’t expect to still be a volunteer EMT at age 83. He’s also still running an auto mechanic shop. “Who knew?” he said. “That’s my life. My world is pretty small — it’s the ambulance and it’s the customers that […]