Senate debates
Tuesday, 26 August 2014
Questions without Notice
Health
2:32 pm
Richard Di Natale (Victoria, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source
Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. The same Senate inquiry found that out-of-pocket health care costs are already a significant barrier to treatment, and result in many people deferring treatment. Does the minister accept that making it more expensive for people to see their GP to get a blood test or to fill a prescription, by increasing co-payments, will make a bad problem worse, or does she agree with the Prime Minister that co-payments just ensure that people really value their health care?
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