Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 May 2024
Budget 2024 health: no funding for promised cancer drugs disappoints breast cancer patient - extension to screening welcomed
30 May 2024 - A cancer patient is disappointed with a lack of funding for new medicines in Budget 2024, and expects it will be years until the drug that helped her stay alive is funded by PHARMAC.
National campaigned on funding, from this year, 13 cancer treatments available in Australia, but these were not announced as part of Budget 2024.
