Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Sep 2017
Prescription medicine for cancer, cholesterol and contraception is about to get cheaper
30 September 2017 - The price of more than 1400 medicines including the nation’s biggest selling drug the anti-cholesterol pill atorvastatin will plunge in price from Sunday.
The price cuts are due to the government’s price disclosure process that monitors the discounts chemists get on medicine prices and reduces the amount the Pharmaceutical Benefits subsidy scheme pays for them.
The price cuts will mean general consumers will save money on the scripts. Pensioners who only pay $6.30 for scripts and are unlikely to benefit.
