Calls for scrap ambulance fees for pensioners in South Australia

You have to workout, you know, Do I have to pay it? How do I pay it? Where to get the money from? When Do Lachlan started getting sick with pneumonia last year, she was hesitant to call an ambulance. I had a temperature over 40 and I was a little bit in and out of being aware and I had thought I need to go to the hospital, but the kids are all Interstate overseas. I could get a taxi when bills for about $1400 rolled in soon after. Her worries were confirmed. She says the cost is driving older S Australians without ambulance cover to put their health second. Is it a real emergency or will I get better? I'll just take some more Panadol and go back to bed and I hope In Queensland and Tasmania, call outs are free for all residents and most other parts of the country cover ambulance fees for pension concession card holders. So even though it would cost the budget bottom line for SA to follow suit. Advocates believe it would save millions in the long run. There's a lot of data that shows that there is no impact on usage by making ambulance free. And the wonderful thing is we've got other states of Australia to show us that that is the case and this is a government that is putting billions of dollars into Rd. projects. It could put the money into this, particularly in the middle of an economic crisis and in the middle of a health crisis. The treasurer, Stephen Mulligan, says essays ambulance service offers memberships with discounted fees for pensioners. They're $58 for singles and 115 for families. Pensioners may also be eligible to apply for a concession after they get their bill. There are things I can do and but they're not that easy. And when you're not feeling that, brilliant things go. A pressure do Lachlan hopes will be eased in Thursday's budget.