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Vet. medical bill
May 25, 2009
Forum Communications in Osakis Review, Grand Forks Herald
May 25, 2009
www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/120114/
Veterans returning home could find jobs as paramedics under a bill introduced by U.S. Sens. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and Mike Enzi, R-Wyo.
The Veterans-to-Paramedics Transition Act would streamline civilian paramedic training for returning vets who obtained some military medical experience.
"When they signed up to serve there wasn’t a waiting line and when they come home and need health care or a job, there shouldn’t be a waiting line,” Klobuchar said. “Today, we have an abundance of returning veterans who have significant medical training and experience. They’re an ideal talent pool to relieve the severe shortage of emergency medical personnel in rural communities."
When veterans return to civilian life, their military medical training does not count toward civilian paramedic certification.
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