Ambulance cover

Bondy · Newbie

Ambulance cover

neilnruth · Guru

Welcome Bondy. I'm sure someone will have an answer to your question. We don't know.

Happywanderer · The Master

My understanding is if you are a pensioner you are covered for all ambulance cover.

If you have a paid ambulance membership in one state it covers you for the other states as well.

brickies · Guru

Happy Wanderer I think you are spot on , it is like road side cover like RACQ if you are covered in on state you are covered in all states

Cruising Granny · Guru

Not quite. However, if you have whatever Ambulance cover applies in your "home" state, you are covered all over Oz.
In Qld it's included in your vehicle rego.
In SA you pay to SA Ambulance.
Some states it's covered by RAC? membership.
So it's not a national policy, but one state's membership covers you all over.
You are also covered by The Royal Flying Doctor if, heaven forbid, you should need it out bush. It's a wonderful service which is NOT supported by any government. They exist on fundraising and membership and volunteers.
Now there's worthy cause.

Happywanderer · The Master

In Victoria you pay for a yearly membership. Each of my children when they became independent I paid for their first years membership then told them to kept it paid up in future years.

brickies · Guru

In Queensland Ambulance cover is cover by a levy included in your Electricty bill , which if on a pension you don't pay

ParamountCruiser · Senior Member

brickies wrote:
In Queensland Ambulance cover is cover by a levy included in your Electricty bill , which if on a pension you don't pay

That scheme was scrapped as at 1 July 2011 - http://www.ambulancecover.qld.gov.au/

brickies · Guru

Thanks Neil I did know that but forgot when I seen it stated that it was included in rego in Qld

Bondy · Newbie

Thanks everybody for your helpful replies, if you have ambulance cover in , say Victoria you are covered in all other states, so I have been informed by Ambulance victoria, I joined up today.

Cheers

Bondy

pricey43 · Guru

Happywanderer wrote:
My understanding is if you are a pensioner you are covered for all ambulance cover.

If you have a paid ambulance membership in one state it covers you for the other states as well.

Marj,

My understanding is that pensioners are covered for 'emergency transportation'.

It concerns me that they do not define ' emergency'. Consequently we have taken out ordinary cover as well just to be safe.

Happywanderer · The Master

Thats interesting Robyn. Have needed to call for an ambulance and it was an emergency, not sure why I would call one if it wasn't. Would have been interesting if they had sent me an account.

brickies · Guru

The call centre people ask the question when you call for an Ambulance to determined what level the emergency is , This call is then rated to what the response is road speed or lights and siren , If you have a cold or sore toe and just want transport to hospital to see a doctor they will tell you to get a taxi, in the past people have treated Ambulances has Taxi , they now will only do transport of people if you have a letter from a doctor stating transport is needed

Cruising Granny · Guru

There's a pensioner rate for SA, but it's not free.
Most emergency calls are free anyway.
It's another confusing issue between states.
Let's have a national standard. So many people are all over the country travelling and working or just relocating.

glassies · Guru

hm interesting point what happens if you are in another state travelling but you are from queensland
how are they going to work that out i wonder.

ParamountCruiser · Senior Member

glassies wrote:
hm interesting point what happens if you are in another state travelling but you are from queensland
how are they going to work that out i wonder.

This is how they determine if you are a Qld resident :

If you answer YES to any of these questions, then you would be covered:

Are you registered to vote in Queensland?; or
Is your driver's licence issued in Queensland?; or
When lodging your tax return do you use a Queensland address; or
Is your pension card issued in Queensland?

Refer to Qld Ambulance : http://www.ambulance.qld.gov.au/subscribe/faq.asp

Xennon · Veteran Member

oops - must learn to read the whole thread b4 posting :( sorry. Answered above.

ParamountCruiser wrote:

brickies wrote:
In Queensland Ambulance cover is cover by a levy included in your Electricty bill , which if on a pension you don't pay
That scheme was scrapped as at 1 July 2011 - http://www.ambulancecover.qld.gov.au/

Interesting: Just looked at that link and noticed this:

Yes. All Queensland residents will enjoy free ambulance cover throughout Australia.

My question is, What if you're not exactly a *resident* but a nomad?

-- Edited by Xennon on Monday 28th of May 2012 11:48:41 PM