Senate debates

Monday, 1 September 2025

Bills

National Health Amendment (Cheaper Medicines) Bill 2025; In Committee

12:21 pm

Photo of Jenny McAllisterJenny McAllister (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme) Share this | Hansard source

Senator, I think that you are probably reading from government information in relation to eligibility. The government is bringing this bill before the chamber with a view to lowering the price, the maximum co-payment, that can be paid by a person under the PBS. It's not a bill to deal with eligibility for the PBS or eligibility for Medicare. The government, broadly, of course, reviews settings from time to time, but the government self-evidently is not bringing a bill before this chamber to change eligibility for Medicare.

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