Folsom, California Fire Department To Charge 'Crash Tax' For Medical Care

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We are in some sad times! At least they FF's didn't get cut back to minimum wage.

Folsom, California Fire Department To Charge 'Crash Tax' For Medical Care

Folsom, California's fire department will begin to sort out its budgetary problems by charging $225 for callers who require medical help, the Folsom Telegraph reports. The city council adopted the plan on June 26.

Local Fire Chief Ron Phillips told CBS Sacramento that the charge is necessary for the fire department to continue providing its services to Folsom residents.

But some Folsom residents believe that the charge will discourage people from calling 911 and Phillips says not calling 911 would be a serious mistake.

New York City's experiment with crash taxes turned out to be somewhat of a bust; the city only collected $14,000 from such fees, far short of the $100,000 officials had anticipated

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Folsom Billing Blues.

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That NPR article is from when NYC first proposed the tax and is talking about Peteluma California. I do not believe NYC ever actually started charging the crash tax.