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Physicians urged to call Gov. Brown and ask him to sign the Maddy EMS Fund bill

The California Medical Association (CMA) and the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) are cosponsoring a bill that will extend funding for the Maddy Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Fund. Without this bill (SB 191/Padilla), providers of emergency medical care throughout the state will lose $50 million per year that is currently used to offset the costs incurred for care provided to uninsured patients in hospital emergency rooms (ER). Without this bill, the law that authorizes the Maddy Fund is set to expire on January 1, 2014. Although the bill is ...