Contraceptives and menopause treatments to be subsidised as federal government pledges $573m for women’s health
by Krishani Dhanji from World news | The Guardian on (#6V5BK)
Birth control devices and HRT therapies to be listed on PBS alongside Medicare and bulk-billing changes, with Coalition immediately backing policy
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Australian women will save hundreds of dollars thanks to new subsidies for contraceptive pills and hormone therapy, in a major investment announced by the federal government.
The $573m package will put new contraceptive pills on the pharmaceutical benefits scheme (PBS) for the first time in decades. The move follows two parliamentary inquiries into reproductive health and menopause.
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