B.C. Health Minister Josie Osborne says government remains committed to expanding assistance for medical travel
A rural health-care advocate welcomes additional provincial support for ferry-dependent communities, but also expresses hope that government will follow through on other promises and address gaps.
With an annual budget of $14.5 million, TAP supports patients who need to travel by air, ground and BC Ferries to communities other than their own to access non-emergency medical specialists. Government last year approved almost 99,000 TAP requests. The program coexists with dedicated funding for rural patients needing cancer care in other parts of the province.
But Adams also points to some missing pieces. Premier David Eby promised during the election that government would expand TAP by $5 million to cover mileage if travel by air is neither feasible nor available. The government would also cover costs up-front rather than reimburse them later. "Although I don't have details today to talk you yet about exactly what that will look like, that is a commitment that our government has made and as B.C. Health Minister, I will be following through on that," she says.
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