Melbourne ambulance cover...
Jan 30th 2012, 6:54 am
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Jan 30th 2012, 9:55 pm
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Re: Melbourne ambulance cover...
For VIC ambo cover for our family 2x2 this year we paid $75. This includes everything.
If you do it via extras on Medibank there are a few exceptions that I would rather have covered.
One is that if you are in one hospital via ambulance but need to go to another for treatment eg. Geelong to Melbourne, they don't cover it. Also they require pre-approval for the air ambulance. Can you imagine?!! "Excuse me, but you can't have the air ambulance JUST yet....."
VIC ambulance also do home transfers after you've been discharged should you need it, Medibank don't.
Having used it twice in our first year in Australia, I'm not going to stop paying $75 a year for total peace of mind!
If you do it via extras on Medibank there are a few exceptions that I would rather have covered.
One is that if you are in one hospital via ambulance but need to go to another for treatment eg. Geelong to Melbourne, they don't cover it. Also they require pre-approval for the air ambulance. Can you imagine?!! "Excuse me, but you can't have the air ambulance JUST yet....."
VIC ambulance also do home transfers after you've been discharged should you need it, Medibank don't.
Having used it twice in our first year in Australia, I'm not going to stop paying $75 a year for total peace of mind!
Jan 30th 2012, 10:07 pm
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Re: Melbourne ambulance cover...
For VIC ambo cover for our family 2x2 this year we paid $75. This includes everything.
If you do it via extras on Medibank there are a few exceptions that I would rather have covered.
One is that if you are in one hospital via ambulance but need to go to another for treatment eg. Geelong to Melbourne, they don't cover it. Also they require pre-approval for the air ambulance. Can you imagine?!! "Excuse me, but you can't have the air ambulance JUST yet....."
VIC ambulance also do home transfers after you've been discharged should you need it, Medibank don't.
Having used it twice in our first year in Australia, I'm not going to stop paying $75 a year for total peace of mind!
If you do it via extras on Medibank there are a few exceptions that I would rather have covered.
One is that if you are in one hospital via ambulance but need to go to another for treatment eg. Geelong to Melbourne, they don't cover it. Also they require pre-approval for the air ambulance. Can you imagine?!! "Excuse me, but you can't have the air ambulance JUST yet....."
VIC ambulance also do home transfers after you've been discharged should you need it, Medibank don't.
Having used it twice in our first year in Australia, I'm not going to stop paying $75 a year for total peace of mind!
Just before Christmas my wife drove our son to the emergency dept where she works.He had to be transferred to the Royal Children's and we weren't charged .I think if the decision to transfer is made by the hospital you don't pay.Get this.He was a priority transfer(heart rate in and out at 205) still had to wait over 3 hours for ambulance because the paramedic wasn't feeling well and had to be taken home.The system is most definitely under pressure.
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Jan 31st 2012, 1:05 am
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Re: Melbourne ambulance cover...
We didn't have cover at the time of this incident but have taken it out since.
Just before Christmas my wife drove our son to the emergency dept where she works.He had to be transferred to the Royal Children's and we weren't charged .I think if the decision to transfer is made by the hospital you don't pay.Get this.He was a priority transfer(heart rate in and out at 205) still had to wait over 3 hours for ambulance because the paramedic wasn't feeling well and had to be taken home.The system is most definitely under pressure.
Just before Christmas my wife drove our son to the emergency dept where she works.He had to be transferred to the Royal Children's and we weren't charged .I think if the decision to transfer is made by the hospital you don't pay.Get this.He was a priority transfer(heart rate in and out at 205) still had to wait over 3 hours for ambulance because the paramedic wasn't feeling well and had to be taken home.The system is most definitely under pressure.
Jan 31st 2012, 1:07 am
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Re: Melbourne ambulance cover...
.He had Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT).Could be a one off or may happen again.
