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In today's Sydney Daily Telegraph newspaper, (Sydney, Australia.)
"MS patients get $37,000 medicine relief" "Multiple sclerosis and renal disease patients will soon receive a subsidy for medicines costing up to $37,000 a year. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's office said subsidies cutting the costs of the medicines to $31.30 for general patients and $5 for pensioners would apply from July 1, News Limited reports on Wednesday. The subsidies for Tysabri to treat multiple sclerosis and Sensipar to treat renal disease will cost taxpayers $535 million. Tysabri currently costs patients $37,000 a year." Edit: PSB is a typo, sorry. The heading should have read PBS....
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Eastern Australian Daylight Savings Time and my temperature . Last edited by Koala77; 04-02-2008 at 12:16 AM. Reason: Correction of typo |
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04-02-2008, 12:03 AM
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Thanks for this update! I've heard that patients over there were mortgaging their homes to pay for it. It's good to know they will get some help now.
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04-02-2008, 01:31 AM
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glad to see some assitance being attempted to help against the high cost of meds down under
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