Labor's cancer package would cut the cost of care, but beware of unintended side effects
- Written by Kees Van Gool, Health economist, University of Technology Sydney
The median out-of-pocket expenses for breast cancer treatment is A$4,192.ESB Professional/Shutterstock
Labor’s big-ticket election promise is a A$2.3 billion package to provide free medical scans and specialist consultations for cancer patients, plus automatic listing of new cancer therapies on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) once...
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