Province announces ambulance fee reductions

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Effective April 1, ambulance fees across the province will be reduced.

“Our mandate was to make sure ambulance fees were affordable for Manitobans living right across the province,” said Health Minister Kelvin Goertzen in an announcement this week. “Working with the regional health authorities and other ambulance providers, we are now able to further reduce fees.”

Billings to Manitobans for ambulance services will be reduced to either $425 or the pre-existing base fee established by the service provider, whichever is lower. This follows a previous reduction that was effective Jan. 1, bringing a total decrease of $50 this year, Goertzen noted.

The province already provides coverage for certain ambulance services including inter-facility transfers between health-care facilities; the Northern Patient Transportation Program, which subsidizes medically necessary transportation for residents in the north; helicopter transportation to patients requiring critical and emergent care within a 250-kilometre radius of Winnipeg; and the Lifeflight Air Ambulance program, which provides specialized inter-facility transport for critically ill or injured Manitoba residents who live further than 200 km from Winnipeg.

Goertzen said Manitoba Health, Seniors and Active Living will continue to work with representatives from the regional health authorities to further reduce fees over the next three years.

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