By Erin Cunningham
The Gazette
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. — Montgomery County will join Prince George’s County, Washington, D.C., and other neighboring jurisdictions in charging a fee to use ambulance services.
The council voted Wednesday to allow fees of about $400 to be charged for out-of-county residents to use county ambulance services. Supporters say that insurance companies, for the most part, will pay the fee. Those without insurance will receive a bill, but the fee will be waived for those who cannot afford it.
The ambulance fee was one of several new fees and taxes the Montgomery County Council approved Wednesday to help fill the county’s $1 billion budget shortfall.
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