The financial burden on rural Queensland healthcare patients is growing with inflation and advocates say they need relief at the October state election.
Ms Stanford says she appreciates the scheme but every long trip to access health care leaves her out of pocket.Advocates say subsidies for Queensland patients who travel hundreds of kilometres multiple times each year to access health care are falling short.What's next?
But one of Ms Stanford's many health complications meant the Royal Flying Doctor Service had to take her hundreds of kilometres from her Karumba home for medical treatment."I think I might be eligible to apply for frequent flyer points." For cancer treatment, her 79-year-old husband Graham drives her 900km to Townsville, four times a year.
"I understand it's a subsidy, but they are getting a subsidy to cover part of a service that they should already be getting.Ms Tegen says accessing health care should be made as simple as possible for rural patients.Ms Tegen has called for the Queensland government to fully reimburse patients for the cost of travel and review the PTSS every six months to ensure it matched inflation.At the very least, she wanted the fuel subsidy increased and taxi fares to be covered.
Health Minister Shannon Fentiman said the Labor government had delivered a 13 per cent increase to mileage subsidy rates and boosted the scheme by $70.3 million. LNP MP and opposition health spokesperson Ros Bates said an Queensland Audit Office report of First Nations health outcomes tabled in parliament last year highlighted the need to increase PTSS subsidies.
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