Opinion

Transitory Issues With Monopoly

Traveling in and out of the New York City area around the holidays is difficult and hectic under the best of circumstances. I was there last month just as the NYC transit workers were threatening to walk out on their jobs. How could one group of workers virtually shut down New York City mere days before one of the busiest holiday weekends of the year? Monopoly.

Dr. Karen Y. Palasek
Opinion

No. 711: Privatized EMS in Critical Condition

Marc Pickard is clearly frustrated as he explains why a man who suffered a stroke recently did not receive faster medical attention. Pickard is the training director for Convalescent Transport, a private ambulance company in Lenoir County. He notes that even though his company sits across the street from the stroke victim’s house, county law prevented Convalescent Transport from responding. Instead, the man had to wait for a county ambulance. Later, he died.

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