If you’ve ever taken an ambulance, you know the bill can be expensive. For one EMS service in Winfield, it may cost your insurance a little bit more to ride.
Recently, the Winfield City Commission recently voted to increase EMS fees.
According to Winfield EMS Coordinator Brad Klein, the rates for their services have remained the same since 2014 when the City took over EMS rates. He says there was some concern from residents about this increase in fees, but he says they may not see it as it will go through insurance first.
“With those increases in [the] cost of fees, we hope we can generate a revenue off of the insurances, which EMS is not fully paid or funded by taxpayers. We can generate some revenue from reimbursement from those insurances,” Klein said.