Mark Butler on pushing for cheaper medicine through the Coalition ‘circus’
Chief political correspondent Paul Karp talks with Mark Butler, federal minister for health and aged care, to discuss Labor’s 60 day dispensing changes, crackdowns on vaping and an update on the urgent care clinic rollout
August 11, 202318m 37s
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Show Notes
Around six million Australians will have the cost of their medicines halved from 1 September as the Labor’s 60-day dispensing changes pass the Senate, despite a last-ditch Coalition-led effort to block the scheme. Chief political correspondent Paul Karp talks with Mark Butler, the federal minister for health and aged care, about opposition to the scheme from the pharmacy lobby, cross-jurisdictional crackdowns on vaping and the circumstances impacting the urgent care clinic rollout
Topics
Mark ButlerAustralian politicsCost-of-living crisisHealth policy