PATIENTS' PRESCRIPTION COSTS CAPPED UNDER LABOR PLAN
* Australians buying prescription medicines listed on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme will pay no more than $25 for each script from January 1, if Labor is re-elected
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* The federal government reduced the maximum cost of a PBS prescription from $42.50 to $30 in January 2023 and this will cut the amount by a further $5
* Four out of five PBS-listed medicines will become cheaper under the $689 million plan
* The last time PBS medicines cost no more than $25 was 2004
HOW MUCH WILL THIS SAVE EACH JURISDICTION OVER FOUR YEARS?
* Australia: $786 million
* ACT: $20 million
* NSW: $244 million
* NT: $5 million
* Queensland: $154 million
* SA: $50 million
* Tasmania: $16 million
* Victoria: $204 million
* WA: $91 million
