September 19, 2025 TweetJeb Bladine: AI takes a dive into ambulance service financesReaders — here and far beyond — will continue and expand their engagement with artificial intelligence, which has become the quintessential research tool of our age. Looking at important local issues, I was drawn to our August news story about the critical financial situation with McMinnville Fire District ambulance services. The agency cites average cost of $2,500 per ambulance service, with federal reimbursement of only $426 per service, causing the agency to lose millions of dollars each year in serving Medicare/Medicaid enrollees. Are ambulance service officials across the state collaborating in the search for solutions to the financial crunch all are facing? However, I did pass my AI chat along to our reporter, who might ask a few related questions the next time he writes about the McMinnville Fire District ambulance service finances.