Sen. Roger Marshall was in Emporia Friday to visit the LifeSave 21 base at Newman Regional Health.

Marshall spoke to crewmembers of the LifeSave Kansas program and their parent company Air Methods about issues impacting their ability to give rapid critical care to those in need.

“We do a lot of partnering with a lot of hospitals around areas that need to get these patients to these level one and level two tertiary centers but don't have the money, don't have the expertise,” said Carolyn Mayle, vice president of governmental affairs at Air Methods, “and that's where companies like Air Methods, LifeSave, come in and say, okay we're going to fill those gaps.”

Marshall and Mayle detailed several challenges such as battles with insurance companies over getting coverage and paying out and iss

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