The impact of the AIDS epidemic on the paramedical industry.

The impact of the AIDS epidemic on the paramedical industry was the most cataclysmic event to occur since the inception of paramedical services in 1969. With the exception of a rather significant growth spurt which occurred in 1972 due to the introduction of the Mobile Paramedical Exam, paramedical services volume ebbed as term wars began and many companies found it necessary to go as high as $250,000 non-medically on a male age 40. Many progressive insurance companies saw the dilemma this caused the paramedical industry in providing continued high quality service in all needed locations, and took action to reduce the number of approved vendors. At about the time of the impact of the AIDS epidemic on the paramedical industry, the paramedical business was growing at about the same rate as new applications were growing.