Pharmacy Guild wins big again as pollies promise $150 million for PBS price cut
It is claimed that the guild's campaign was about fending off pharmacy competition from Chemist Warehouse
The Pharmacy Guild of Australia has chalked up another big lobbying win after the major parties pledged to cut PBS co-payment thresholds, at a cost of $150 million a year.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison fronted a pharmacy in Tasmania on Saturday, declaring that the general cap for a script would fall from $42.50 to $32.50 if the government was re-elected.
Just 24 hours later, at a campaign event in Perth, Opposition leader Anthony Albanese said Labor would cut the co-pay to $30 if elected.
The guild has been lobbying for the change since January through its Affordable Medicine Now campaign, run in conjunction with the Australian Patients Association.
