Campaigner: State unwilling to expand medical card access for terminally ill

John Wall has been campaigning for medical card reform for terminally ill patients for over a year and a half. Picture: Eamon Ward

John Wall, a terminally ill cancer patient campaigning for people with a terminal diagnosis to have improved access to medical cards, says the Government appears unwilling to implement immediate changes to expand medical card access.

This is despite a commitment from all parties to effect this change in the programme for government.