What is in the budget besides?

Giving to the poor and taking from the poor?

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What is in the budget besides?

Somethings on that list I would like to check they are still on the drawing board.

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From the link above

 

The government will fund $1.3 billion worth of new generation cancer drugs over four years through listing on the PBS.

 

 

 

From this link http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/health/budget-2015-drug-firms-prepare-for-war/story...

 

The government is proposing a 5 per cent cut in what it pays for some leading medicines, including the latest cancer drugs, in a bid to save the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme $3 billion from the ­innovative medicines sector alone in the next five years. The savings are understood to be part of government plans to cut as much as $5bn from the PBS over the next five years.

 

Sources have told The Austral­ian that total savings from the health budget will exceed $7bn in Tuesday’s budget.

 

 

 

 

http://medisecure.com.au/pharmacy-guild-vows-to-campaign-against-1-prescription-discount-plan/

 

Here is another measure about to be introduced in the May Budget that will negatively affect concession cardholders $ wise, who require ongoing prescriptions.

 

Pharmacy Guild vows to campaign against $1 Prescription Discount Plan

 

The Federal Government is looking to introduce an optional $1 discount on prescriptions in the May 12 budget which it claims would encourage competition among retail pharmacies. 

Under the proposed change, pharmacies will be forced to pay for the $1 discount, costing them $800 million over 5 years.

 

This measure is expected to generate budget savings of about $400 million over 5 years by delaying patients’ access to the PBS (Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme) safety net. For example, a concession cardholder would have to pay for 72 instead of 60 scripts a year to reach the $366 safety net threshold, after which medicines under the PBS become free.

 

 

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@am*3 wrote:

Somethings on that list I would like to check they are still on the drawing board.


The banks are speculating a tax on deposits, I guess that won't affect the poor. Sounds like an outrageous thing to do.

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There used to be one of those they scrapped it about 10 (?) years ago. It is outrageous.

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