House debates Questions without Notice

Medicare, Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme

Tuesday, 9 February 2016 House of Representatives

Ms Catherine King

Ms Catherine King Ballarat, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Health

2:08 pm

My question is to the Minister for Human Services. The front page of today's The West Australian newspaper reveals that the government has a radical plan to privatise Medicare and the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme. Won't this mean that the electronic health data of Australians, such as Medicare information, could be sold to a foreign company?

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