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Clinton Area Ambulance Service is facing financial headwinds and has made significant budget concessions to stay afloat. 'It's based on cutting leadership positions, cutting wages of the leaders … to make sure we’re here for this next year,' said authority director Lynn Webber. (Photo courtesy of Clinton Area Ambulance Service Authority)
EMS providers battle money, staffing woes in rural Michigan’s ambulance ‘deserts’
Eli Newman | Bridge Michigan
Rural agencies face a compounding financial crisis: low call volume, unreliable public funding, service competition and low insurance reimbursement.
Laura Nilsson, president of the Munson nurses' union, speaks to a crowd at the Delamar Hotel on Thursday, March 26, 2026. (Photo: Claire Keenan-Kurgan/IPR News)
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Munson nurses union to rally for staffing changes as contract negotiations continue
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East Bay Flats resident Wendy McClain (left) outside her apartment with neighbors. Photo credit: Maxwell Howard
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