Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Apr 2019
ALP’s health commitment is an investment in every Australian
4 April 2019 - Medicines Australia welcomes the Australian Labor Party’s Affordable Medicines Guarantee and Medicare Cancer Plan, announced as part of The Hon Bill Shorten MP’s Budget in Reply speech tonight.
These measures would see an investment of $2.3 billion to cut up-front costs for cancer patients, and a commitment to list all positive recommendations from the PBAC.
Medicines Australia CEO Liz de Somer welcomed the Leader of the Opposition’s commitments, saying an investment in medicines is an investment in Australia.
