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Public consultation: draft 2022-23 cost recovery implementation statement for listing medicines on the PBS and designated vaccines on the NIP
17 June 2022 - Consultation on the content of the draft 2022-23 Cost Recovery Implementation Statement (CRIS) for listing medicines ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Jun 2022
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme Safety Net threshold reduction from 1 July 2022
16 June 2022 - As a cost of living measure, the Australian Government is lowering the PBS Safety Net thresholds ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 May 2022
Medicare premium increase from Alzheimer’s drug to be lowered next year
27 May 2022 - Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra announced on Friday that Medicare premiums would be adjusted ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 May 2022
Labor drug policy ‘always part of the plan’
3 May 2022 - Anthony Albanese says Labor had decided on the $12.50 cut to medicines on the PBS before ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 May 2022
Most people won’t get a $10-$12 medicine price cut after election
2 May 2022 - The vast majority of Australians will not benefit from the $10-$12.50 price cut to prescription medicines ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 May 2022
Cost of some life-saving drugs to be slashed
1 May 2022 - Changes to the PBS could save some Australians as much as $2.5 million per treatment, as others ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 May 2022
More senior Australians to get cheaper health care and medication under $70m Coalition election pitch
2 May 2022 - More self-funded retirees would be able to access cheaper health care and medication under a multi-million-dollar ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Apr 2022
Scott Morrison pledges to cut $10 from Pharmaceutical Benefit Scheme scripts
30 April 2022 - A re-elected Morrison government would cut the price of medicines listed on the Pharmaceutical Benefit Scheme ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Apr 2022
Cost of medicines a key election issue
22 April 2022 - Health and community pharmacy peak bodies have formed a coalition urging parties to recognise medicine affordability ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Apr 2022
Mystery solved over Hansard change to hide budget’s missing $10 drug price cut
4 April 2022 - Financial Services Minister Jane Hume’s office asked Hansard staff to delete references to a planned $10 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Mar 2022
Government hopes to hook voters with cheaper drugs
29 March 2022 - Patients will get access to cheaper or free medicines sooner under plans to reduce the PBS ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Mar 2022
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme: Pharmacy Guild of Australia say medication becoming unaffordable
1 March 2022 - A western Sydney pharmacist said Australians take pride in a universal healthcare system but “the universe doesn’t ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Jan 2022
Consultation paper on proposal to introduce a cost recovered pathway for Medical Services Advisory Committee applications
4 January 2022 - The Department of Health invites submissions in relation to a proposal to introduce a cost recovered ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Dec 2021
Private health pushes back on rates rise queries from Greg Hunt
14 December 2021 - Private health insurers are pushing back at Morrison government calls to reconsider a rise in their ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Dec 2021
Forecast 2 for the 2021 rebate from side agreements
13 December 2021 - In a new report to the government, TLV forecasts that the pharmaceutical companies will pay approximately ...