co-payment
Minister: ‘It just doesn’t make sense’
Health Minister supports scope of practice expansion, thanks Guild for its co-payment cut initiative but calls for restraint over further reductions Federal Health Minister Mark Butler has lauded the work …
Guild formalises $19 co-pay call
Pre-Budget submission says cut could “more than halve the cost of over 70% of PBS-listed medicines,” as Guild angles for community sector to dominate the aged care consult market The …
Cost of medicines in the spotlight
Pharmacist speaks up on need for affordable medicines as Parliament debates co-pay bill The federal government has tabled its National Health Amendment (General Co-payment) Bill 2022, bringing what it says …
More concern over co-pay costs
Australians face some of the world’s highest medicines co-payments in the world, says Better Access Australia Tonight’s Federal Budget is the ideal opportunity to introduce reform to help those on …
Cost causing more patients to skip scripts: Guild
The Pharmacy Guild has the price of script co-pays in its sights, as the cost of living spirals upwards More and more patients are asking pharmacists which of their medicines …
Under the co-payment
The number of under co-payment scripts continues to increase with about 90 million supplied in 2017-18 – mostly for antibiotics, antidepressants and statins From 1 July 2017 to 30 June …
Retail giants drove $1 discount uptake
Large discount chains and urban pharmacies are the predominant adopters of the controversial $1 PBS discount, data shows A much higher proportion of scripts have been subject to the $1 …
Co-pay hikes still on the agenda
Discount could be offset by tabled price increases to offset Budget black hole While the federal Health Minister has been lauding the update among pharmacy of the optional $1 PBS …
PBS changes hurt the most needy: Guild
The Guild says patients should talk to pharmacy staff about PBS pricing changes which came into place on 1 January as it claims they may cause significant confusion among those patients most …