2 September 2019 - Aussies are paying double for this essential product. But one powerful group is doing everything to keep the rip-off going.

Medicines are costing Australians more than they should thanks to pharmacists who are refusing to support plans for longer prescriptions.

Those on long-term medications for chronic conditions like high cholesterol, osteoporosis, migraines, glaucoma and even breast cancer sufferers on immunosuppressants are forced to go to the chemist every month to pick up their medication.

But the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee, an expert body that makes recommendations to the Federal Government, believes it’s not necessary for some medications to be dispensed in such low amounts and has recommended the doubling of prescription lengths for 143 medicines.

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