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PBS stumbles into being 75 years ago

David Rowley 07/07/2023

July 1948 – new medicines scheme rendered all but unworkable on its debut after years of doctor boycotts The Health Department has been highlighting the 75th anniversary of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, which officially began on 1 July, 1948, but its first days were anything but auspicious with it embroiled in bitter pushback from certain

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