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KHN: Paramedics Have New Role in Preventing Excess ER Use

Changes wrought by the federal health care reform law are putting paramedics in many states in the role of diverting non-emergency patients from the ER.

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Changes wrought by the federal health care reform law are putting paramedics in many states in the role of diverting non-emergency patients from the ER.

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