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  "path": "/opinion/2026/05/congress-can-help-ems-providers-afford-to-live-where-they-serve-tim-sommerfelt.html",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-22T10:47:00.000Z",
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  "textContent": "The bipartisan Homes for Every Local Protector, Educator, and Responder (HELPER) Act (H.R. 2094 / S. 978) would rectify many of the issues hobbling the current Good Neighbor Next Door program. Congress should seize this opportunity to fix a broken system, writes guest columnist Tim Sommerfelt, president of the Emergency Medical Service Labor Alliance and an active Cleveland EMS paramedic.",
  "title": "Helping EMS providers afford to live where they work"
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