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Council postpones ambulance contract votes after heated debate over billing and bills to residents
Summary
Detroit council delayed votes on three ambulance-service contracts after members and the fire department debated practices where companies on city contracts also bill insurers and, at times, unpaid balances to residents; council requested a memo on billing rates, comparables and hardship handling.
Detroit City Council postponed votes on three ambulance-service contracts after a lengthy discussion about how ambulance providers bill for calls and whether residents — particularly seniors on fixed incomes — are unfairly pursued for unpaid balances.
Council members raised the issue during consideration of several procurement items from the Office of Contracting and Procurement (items 22.5–22.9). The items included extensions for transit and emergency medical services; council approved some items but moved to defer votes on three ambulance contracts (22.6–22.8) for one week to allow staff to supply more information and options.
The concern, voiced most strongly by Councilmember Angela Whitfield Callaway,…
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