1111 AM EDT - first link works OK - 2nd link says "this story has been unpublished" - (first time I have ever seen that)
Is the info about the 2014 change accurate? I seem to recall many strange stories about how hospitals cannot afford to run ambulances, and many other strange stories about how cities cannot afford to run ambulances. Its all very strange to me. IIRC Medicaid pays various rates for BLS 1, BLS 2, ALS 1, ALS 2 (meds given), and ALS Intercept services.