Labor promises PBS scripts will cost no more than $25, under latest health pitch for election

Labor promises PBS scripts will cost no more than $25, under latest health pitch for election

The Albanese government will make another pre-election offer promising that if re-elected it will ensure people pay no more than $25 for a script under the PBS.

Ageing Australia lobbies for aged care to be part of next Tuesday's Federal Budget

Ageing Australia's Head of Government Relations Jay Moran is in Canberra this week ahead of the 2025-26 Federal Budget calling on politicians to make aged care a priority. The Budget, which the Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has said it will include spending $689 million over the Forward Estimates in next Tuesday’s Budget to lower scripts under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme to $25, will be delivered on Tuesday, 25 March. The Prime Minister…

$25 a script: How Labor will slash medicine costs

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Cheaper PBS medicines under Labor: Albanese makes hip-pocket health pledge

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Albanese, Dutton vow to protect PBS after $689m pledge to slash prices

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton put on a rare united front when speaking...