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A $370 gap between the subsidy offered to rural patients travelling for specialist health care and the allowance handed to regional MPs headed to Brisbane for parliament will be reviewed by the Crisafulli government ahead of next year’s budget.

“The cost of accommodation has gone up, the cost of travel has gone up,” Health Minister Tim Nicholls told reporters on Saturday after fresh fears reported by this masthead last month that people were delaying life-saving treatment as a result.

Contacted for comment last month, Health Minister Tim Nicholls pointed only to the $123.4 million budgeted for it this financial year, touting the figure as the largest amount ever allocated. Credit: Matt Dennien

“So it’s something very much that we’re aware of, and we’ll be talking about a

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