Key Points
- The Coalition has delayed its planned disallowance motion on the government’s 60-day dispensing policy.
- The plan would allow eligible patients to buy two months’ worth of subsidised medicine with a single prescription.
- The Pharmacy Guild has opposed the plan, saying it would lead to financial loss and closure of pharmacies.
A signature Labor health policy to cut the cost of prescriptions is set to go ahead after a push to block the plan was delayed.
Labor’s 60-day dispensing plan will allow people to buy more medication on one prescription and is set to start on 1 September.
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