Fla. county losing millions of dollars in unpaid ambulance bills

By EMS1 Staff PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. — A Florida county is losing millions of dollars having to cover the costs of unpaid ambulance bills. CBS12 reported that Palm Beach County has $11.8 million in “uncollectable emergency transport patient accounts,” or unpaid ambulance fees accrued from taking patients to the hospital. “Some people are lying on the street injured [so] they ...