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10-09-2017, 07:31 PM
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Caroline, here is a very recent example of how the PBS works.
A drug which is highly effective in treating otherwise refractory forms of leukaemia and lymphoma used to cost $A187K per script. It is now on the PBS list and costs $A38.80 per script ($A6.30 for pensioners). $187, to $6.3 : Turnbull government subsidy gives hope to cancer sufferers
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10-10-2017, 07:14 AM
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--you're in Australia, a place in which a sane attitude about health care and pharmaceuticals prevails.
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