From:	Erik Jameson <erikj@****.COM>
Subject:	Re: Giving blood in 205X: common or rare
Date:	Thu, 21 May 1998 14:17:59 -0400

At 05:41 AM 5/21/98 -0500, you wrote:

>DocWagon often
>holds"exclusive Contracts", IE, they are the ONLY providers of Emergency
>Medical Response in an area. I imagine the Govt. allows this in return
>for sweet deals on contracts, equipment, and garunteed area coverage.

Just as a note, this is often the case in real life, right now. Various
ambulance companies bid for rights to service specific cities and counties.

Many municipalities, including LA City and LA County, keep their paramedic
services private, but contract out for EMT/Ambulance service. Some places
contract the whole thing out to private companies, others keep it all
in-house.

Having once been a CA and National registered EMT-B and a lifeguard, the
entire concept of DocWagon is easily, for me, the most realistic part of
Shadowrun. Hell, they could do it now in places like Beverly Hills,
Brentwood and Malibu, where there is a much higher percentage of people
with disposable incomes. I'm actually suprised no one has tried to do it;
initial profit margins must be heavy on the red side or something.

Erik J.


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