Having spent a few weeks in South Aust. I learned that in most states, WA excepted, Pensioners in receipt of the full aged pension find it is necessary to be a member of an ambulance fund.
Here in the West this is not the case, one only needs to give St. John's ambulance a pension number and transport to or from a public hostpital is free with the exception of transport to a private hospital. Below I include a copy of the e-mail sent to me from St. John's.
If you and your wife are West Australian residents and both receiving full Australian Aged pensions, then the only time you would have to pay for an Ambulance transport is if you went between a public and private hospital, or between two private hospitals.
If you required an ambulance while inter-state you would need to forward your bill onto us with your pension number and proof or residency and we would then take care of the bill for you.
If you are not receiving a pension, then you would need to take out Ambulance cover through a Private Health Fund, as we do not offer memberships to residents residing in the metropolitan area.
If you have any more questions do not hesitate to contact me on tel. (08) 9334-1486.
Kind Regards Stacey.
I realise this will only affect WA residents but thought it worth a mention.
Best Regards and Safe Travelling. John
dave06 said
02:43 PM Dec 17, 2008
well mr Hyde, if you give us all your address and pension number we should be o.k. then
JRH said
02:58 PM Dec 17, 2008
dave06 wrote:
well mr Hyde, if you give us all your address and pension number we should be o.k. then
G'day Dave, Dr. Jekyll says sorry no can do.
Best Regards and Safe Travelling. John
dave06 said
03:13 PM Dec 17, 2008
BUGGGGAAA!!!
Cruising Granny said
10:15 PM Dec 17, 2008
I'm a Disability Pensioner and have paid membership with the Ambulance Service. I had to use this service in Cairns about 3 weeks ago, and I'm sure I won't get a bill. Why can't this country give some of these things national coverage. We nomads have to keep adjusting our fine tuning to keep up between states. The truckies must have a hard time as well. I guess travel does have a couple of downsides, but if these are the only ones, I will push on. cheers Granny
Basil Faulty said
01:40 PM Dec 18, 2008
I'm lucky, my Gold Card covers me but Sybil has her own private health insurance that covers her ambulance Australia wide....
Bridgee said
09:42 PM Dec 18, 2008
Basil Faulty wrote:
I'm lucky, my Gold Card covers me but Sybil has her own private health insurance that covers her ambulance Australia wide....
G'day all,
Having spent a few weeks in South Aust. I learned that in most states, WA excepted, Pensioners in receipt of the full aged pension find it is necessary to be a member of an ambulance fund.
Here in the West this is not the case, one only needs to give St. John's ambulance a pension number and transport to or from a public hostpital is free with the exception of transport to a private hospital. Below I include a copy of the e-mail sent to me from St. John's.
From: Stacy Cameron-Dow [Stacy.Cameron-Dow@ambulance.net.au]
Dear Mr Hyde
If you and your wife are West Australian residents and both receiving full Australian Aged pensions, then the only time you would have to pay for an Ambulance transport is if you went between a public and private hospital, or between two private hospitals.
If you required an ambulance while inter-state you would need to forward your bill onto us with your pension number and proof or residency and we would then take care of the bill for you.
If you are not receiving a pension, then you would need to take out Ambulance cover through a Private Health Fund, as we do not offer memberships to residents residing in the metropolitan area.
If you have any more questions do not hesitate to contact me on
tel. (08) 9334-1486.
Kind Regards
Stacey.
I realise this will only affect WA residents but thought it worth a mention.
Best Regards and Safe Travelling.
John
Dr. Jekyll says sorry no can do.
Best Regards and Safe Travelling.
John
Why can't this country give some of these things national coverage. We nomads have to keep adjusting our fine tuning to keep up between states. The truckies must have a hard time as well. I guess travel does have a couple of downsides, but if these are the only ones, I will push on.
cheers Granny