medicines affordability
World news wrapup: 7 March 2024
Argentinians forgoing medicines for food amid affordability crisis; pharmacist murdered in Syria; US pharmacists find new RSV jab adds to growing workload Buenos Aires, Argentina: A combination of the country’s …
Medicines must be affordable: Butler
Health Minister stresses the need for Australians to be able to afford prescription medicines, as government marks 40 years of Medicare Tranches two and three of the government’s 60-day dispensing …
Government will be held to 8CPA deadline
Pharmacy sector pledges to hold government to account if a new agreement is not in place by 1 March 2024 Banner groups and pharmacy brands are calling on the federal …
The week in review
The furore over 60-day dispensing continues, as pharmacists descended on Canberra to engage with MPs Pharmacists made their presence known in Parliament this week, and we heard that some Labor …
Pharmacists fill ‘critical gap’…but co-pay is still a problem
A new report shows that more than one in four Australians who are taking prescription medicines have had to go without…and many say their medicines aren’t affordable The Australian Healthcare …
The week in review
Two opposing forces lobbied for different ways to save patients money this week, while there was lots of medicines news and we looked at burnout in hospitals There was bad …
Patients still skipping medications due to costs
Cost remains a barrier preventing many patients from accessing prescription medicines, despite the $12.50 reduction in the PBS general co-payment Further cuts to the maximum Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) co-payment are …
Guild seeks further PBS co-pay cut
Politicians are being told to “put their money where their mouth is” and slash the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme general co-payment by $11 Claims that healthcare is a priority for Australia’s …
$218m copay savings expected in 2023
The Health Minister has announced a new campaign to promote its maximum PBS copayment cut to the general public Mark Butler has announced that in January and February, Australians have …
‘Why are we still paying too much in dispensing fees?’
A teal MP has backed doctors’ call for extended script lengths, as more doctors say fewer pharmacy visits would help patients Independent member for Kooyong Monique Ryan has told the …
Double dispensing ‘win-win,’ say docs
The idea of double dispensing has been raised again, with one group calling on the Health Minister to extend scripts to two months The Australian Medical Association has said in …
Reversing the reasons
Australians now feel that community pharmacy is more like a US system than a more socialised system like that of France or the UK, says a leading pharmacist National president …