ACT says it will increase the proportion of the health budget spent on medicines to 12% by 2033, up from its current level of 5%. It says this will match the proportion Australia spends on medicines.
“Spending more on medicines would probably save the rest of the healthcare system. Since Trikafta was funded for cystic fibrosis, expensive lung transplants have become almost unheard of,” it said.
“If weight loss drugs were funded, costs arising from obesity such as diabetes, kidney disease, dialysis and kidney transplants could be reduced, with massive savings.”
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