Katy Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Public Service) Share this | Hansard source

I thank Senator Payman for the supplementary. As I outlined in my earlier answer, Medicare cardholders stand to save up to $180 a year for eligible medicines that they take, and concession cardholders will benefit by $43.80 per medicine per year. I do acknowledge that every major patient group and every single doctors group support this measure because it's good from a cost-of-living perspective. It's also, importantly, good for people's health care, by having access to medicines at an affordable level and in a way that is convenient for patients.