FULL INTERVIEW: Labor Leader Bill Shorten has announced a $2.3 billion Medicare cancer plan during his budget reply speech on Thursday night, which he says is the ‘most significant investment in Medicare in a generation’.
Speaking with Sky News, Shadow Health Minister Catherine King says the rate that the Medicare rebate is currently set quite low, explaining that Labor will raise it to around $150 from about $60. Ms King says Labor has had all its policies in the Medicare plan costed by the Parliamentary Budget Office. Image: News Corp Australia
CatherineKingMP CatherineKingMP I do hope that along with this large injection of taxpayers money into doctors’ surgeries there will be some measurable health outcomes recorded by surgeries and published to demonstrate effectiveness of further spending. What is being planned?
CatherineKingMP How much will Drs put their prices up? Recipe for higher cost and inflation.
CatherineKingMP Yeah, and they'd have to increase the Medicare levy to 2.5 %.
CatherineKingMP Why are they doing this. Do the doctors need more summer houses or another new BMW. Probably to keep Phelps onside to boost her retirement fund
CatherineKingMP As if greedy millionaire Doctors aren't paid enough already!
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Under Labor you can battle cancer without going broke: Shorten | Sky News AustraliaThe Opposition Leader has announced that Australians diagnosed with cancer will ‘battle without going broke’ under a would-be Labor government's $2.3 billion Medicare cancer plan.\n\nBill Shorten delivered his budget reply on Thursday night, revealing Labor’s plan to invest $600 million towards eliminating all out-of-pocket costs for diagnostic imaging such as CT scans, PET scans, mammograms, X-rays and ultrasounds.\n\nThe plan includes $433 million to cover specialist consultations for cancer patients. \n\nThe Labor Leader also announced the affordable Medicine guarantee, which would see every cancer drug recommended by independent experts listed on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.\n\nImage: News Corp Australia\n\n\n MathiasCormann In the middle of the GFC.... You forget to mention that cormann 😂 MathiasCormann So based only on this people should vote for LNP. No mate LNP have lost the way on a whole raft of policies. LNP have form on only being a party for the top end of town. MathiasCormann Labour had a booming economy even after the GFC. Not is good times but racked up $600billion Deficit even after cuts to funding. Look at the Records 🤣😂😅 factcheckdotorg FactCheck auspolling_ AustraliaVote
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Under Labor you can battle cancer without going broke: Shorten | Sky News AustraliaOpposition leader Bill Shorten has announced that under Labor, Australians diagnosed with cancer will ‘battle without going broke’ with the $2.3 billion Medicare Cancer Plan.\n\nMr Shorten delivered his budget reply on Thursday night, revealing Labor’s plan to invest $600 million towards eliminating all out-of-pocket costs for diagnostic imaging like CT scans, PET scans, mammograms, X Rays and ultrasounds.\n\nThe plan includes $433 million to cover specialist consultations for cancer patients. \n\nThe Labor leader also announced the Affordable Medicine Guarantee, where every cancer drug recommended by independent experts will be listed on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.\n\nImage: News Corp Australia\n\n\n KevinHillier i reckon that the libs/nat would love to get rid of medicare altogether..remember malcolm fraser did just that and we ALL had to join private health funds. it's not in their ideology to have a social system such as medicare and anything else that the govt has to fork out for. KevinHillier Definitely a tack ScoMo should take to an election. People will love it 😂😂😂 KevinHillier Seriously can u guys get any more lower!
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Labor is weak on health: Greg Hunt | Sky News AustraliaHealth Minister Greg Hunt says he disagrees with the historic perception that health is Labor’s strong point, arguing the Opposition has a 'weak' track record in the sector. \n\nMr Hunt says when Bill Shorten was Health Minister, he stopped the listing of new medicines for the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme in the 2011 budget.\n\nThe Liberal MP says in contrast, the Coalition ‘actually cares’ and has allocated $40 billion to the PBS, plus added 2000 medications to the list, alongside $6 billion to Medicare to include new breast cancer scans, MRIs, PET scans. \n\nImage: News Corp Australia\n GregHuntMP 2011. Desperate stuff. Date today is 4th April 2019... ya stiff necked twit. Just like a Liberal (far right conservative in Hunt's case) to be living that far in the past.
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