Knew this was coming. Red flag #1 was CARE offering the service for FREE. The Commisioners should have asked themselves how can a much smaller company offer this when AMR (the largest company in the US) required a subsidy. I’m sure AMR could have shown them how many patients were either homeless and/or uninsured. A little info/knowledge can go a long way. Red flag #2 came after their first year of having the contract. CARE requested their $1,000,000 surety bond be reduced to $500,000 which the Commissioners approved like a bunch of fools. That right there tells me CARE was already losing their asses, and this was the only way to try and recoup some of these losses without violating the contract. The city should have stayed with AMR, and I hope they renegotiate with them and bid CARE a farewell.
Knew this was coming. Red flag #1 was CARE offering the service for FREE. The Commisioners should have asked themselves how can a much smaller company offer this when AMR (the largest company in the US) required a subsidy. I’m sure AMR could have shown them how many patients were either homeless and/or uninsured. A little info/knowledge can go a long way. Red flag #2 came after their first year of having the contract. CARE requested their $1,000,000 surety bond be reduced to $500,000 which the Commissioners approved like a bunch of fools. That right there tells me CARE was already losing their asses, and this was the only way to try and recoup some of these losses without violating the contract. The city should have stayed with AMR, and I hope they renegotiate with them and bid CARE a farewell.