How do Private Ambulance Services Differ From Public Ambulance Services?
Unlike some other public services that are supported by tax revenue, private ambulance services are funded by user fees. Taxpayers fund public services such as fire and police protection whether they use those services or not. Private ambulance services are typically not subsidized by tax revenue and rely solely on user fees. Under a private ambulance service system, you only pay for those services when you use them. In many jurisdictions across the country, local emergency medical services agencies have contracted AMR to provide emergency paramedic and ambulance transportation service.
