Australians save $250 million thanks to Albanese Government cheaper medicines

22 January 2024 - Australians have saved $250 million on cheaper medicines in 2023 thanks to the Albanese Government. ...

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PBS medicines to cost Aussies more from today; safety net thresholds also increase

1 January 2024 - Sick Australians who need PBS prescription medicines will be coughing up more from today. ...

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Cheaper medicines and more bulk billing

27 November 2023 - Australians are on track to save a quarter of a billion dollars on their medicines in 2023, ...

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Lower medicine costs for chronic health conditions

23 June 2023 - Under the first stage of the 60 day dispensing policy, eligible Australians living with chronic health conditions ...

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Ovarian cancer: Bay of Plenty mother spends more than $130,000 on treatments

12 May 2023 - Four cancer treatments in three years: $132,775. ...

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Medicines industry says measures are in place to mitigate supply ‘risk’

27 April 2023 - The peak body representing the medicines industry in Australia says it “understand the intent’ of moves ...

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Major PBS shake-up will allow Australians to purchase more medicine for less, saving buyers $1.6 billion

25 April 2023 - Millions of Australians will be able to buy 60 days' worth of medicine for the price of ...

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Australian cancer patients spend $200 million a year on treatments not on the PBS and it’s got to change

16 April 2023 - Australian cancer patients were spending in excess of $200m each year of their own money on therapies ...

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'Death sentence' for mum with skin cancer without $100k for the drugs she needs

3 March 2023 - Jen Rowlands, 43, faces certain death from terminal cancer without a specific drug that could radically improve ...

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Ultra-fast insulin drug Fiasp to be removed from PBS making it unaffordable for many diabetes sufferers

2 March 2023 - For the past six months, 14-year-old Freya Goldston has attended more school, swimming training and increased her ...

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1.6 million cheaper medicines in January

19 February 2023 - New analysis by the Department of Health and Aged Care shows that more than 1.6 million prescriptions ...

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Labor fulfils vow to cut cost of scripts

21 October 2022 - Labor will list four new medicines on the PBS from November to offer Australians cheaper treatments ...

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Your money or your life? Cancer’s crushing cost

10 September 2022 - The first thing many cancer patients see when they arrive at the oncology ward is the EFTPOS ...

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Cheaper scripts for millions

7 September 2022 - For the first time in its 75 year history, the maximum cost of general scripts under ...

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Australians forced to pay for methadone and other drugs to get off addictive PBS medication

7 August 2022 - Aussie taxpayers are subsidising addictive pain medication but not the treatments that help get patients off the ...

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