Sudbury MPP told the Ontario Legislature that the mileage rates and hotel allowances are not sufficient to cover travel costs
Sudbury MPP Jamie West is pushing the Ontario government to make the Northern Health Travel Grant more accessible for financially strapped patients who may not be able to afford the up-front costs for medical travel.
Patients must also submit their claim within 12 months from the date of travel. When he spoke in the legislature Thursday, West described the system as broken. Health minister Sylvia Jones responded to West, saying she was aware there were some unique challenges for Northerners, adding her government had invested more than $48 million in the travel grant program.
The travel grant application form revealed there is an allowance schedule for overnight lodging, which allows $100 per night for the first two nights. The allowance drops after that to $250 total for three nights, then $500 total for four to seven nights, and then $550 total for eight or more lodging nights.
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