The Coalition has matched Labor’s commitment to lowering the price of medications on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme to $25.

Shadow Health Minister Anne Ruston says the cost-of-living measure is necessary with the cost of healthcare through the roof.

“We know that last year eight per cent of Australians said they didn’t fill a script because they couldn’t afford to do so,” she told Gary Hardgrave.

She added that 1.5 million Australians didn’t see a doctor last year.

“They said they couldn’t afford to do so, health is just another victim of Labor’s living crisis,” she said.

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