Budget 2023: $5 script fee gone: ‘Helping hand’ approach contains little new for health

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Budget 2023: $5 script fee gone: ‘Helping hand’ approach contains little new for health

Martin
Johnston
Ayesha Verrall 2023
Health minister Ayesha Verrall says free access to medicine will relieve pressure on the health system [Image: Supplied]

Martin Johnston reported from the ‘lockup’ for the 18 May Budget just before this edition went to press

Scrapping the $5 prescription charge is the $157 million centrepiece of changes to Vote Health in Budget 2023. Removal of the fee also forms a key