A change in Medicare funding is expected to lead to reduced ambulance service in the Owens Valley. At the Inyo Supervisors meeting on Tuesday, Judd Symons of Symons Ambulance explained that the federal government had reduced the rates that Medicare pays for ambulance service by roughly 28% in “super rural” areas like Bishop and the Owens Valley. The 28% cut in this important revenue, translates into over $100,000 a year for the business. Over half of the patients that use the ambulance service are on Medicare, so the cut in re-imbursement rates mean...
A local person came up with what we think has fabulous potential. This person suggested that all officialdom have no better health insurance than their constituents. Obvious incentive for them to make it much better for t...
All right. To those of you out there who do not believe we need health care reform, would you believe Warren Buffett,
Warren Buffett
billionaire extraordinaire? He told CNBC that he would support the current Senate...
PBS image of earthquake destruction in Chile
We just have to say it. With an eye on Chile and Haiti and other places, we feel glad to have a bureaucracy that demands building codes, sanitation and other safety measur...
DFG Proposes Expanded Hunting of Bears This is nothing more than an attempt to line the pockets of a dysfunctional Dept. of Fish & Game. In all my years out hiking and camping, I have
Dry Lake Clean-up Show-Down What are the reasons given by the State Lands Commission for saying no to the moat and row?
Editor's Note:
For one thing, there is no real proo
ESUSD in Big Money Trouble; Possible Closures If the Superintendent really wants to "do the best for the kids" then maybe salary reductions across the board (especially at the highest levels
Unemployment Update- Tough Times Continue Inyo and Mono counties have very high seasonal employment trends. The year-over-year numbers are the only valid comparisons. It would be help
ESUSD in Big Money Trouble; Possible Closures Yep...Why not combine the Academy with Coleville instead of LVHS...I find it amazing how the district all along has been saying they have plenty
Dry Lake Clean-up Show-Down Let’s see, Hmm, the people of Lone Pine, Keeler, and Olancha have to breathe the dust, so… let’s make sure that no one actually affected by the
