Pharmacy Guild wins big again as pollies promise $150 million for PBS price cut
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.