Media event date:<\/p>\n
2 October 2026\n<\/p>\n
Date published:<\/p>\n
2 October 2026\n<\/p>\n
Media type:<\/p>\n
Media release<\/p>\n
Tasmanians have saved more than $74 million on 12.9 million cheaper prescriptions since July 2022, thanks to the Albanese Government.<\/p>\n
The Albanese Government has continued to ease pressure for Tasmanians at the pharmacy counter, including:\u00a0<\/p>\n
Labor\u2019s first cut to the cost of medicines (2022) and indexation freeze (2025), which saved Tasmanians $9.8 million in 2025\u00a0
\nLabor slashing the cost of medicines again (January 2026) to a maximum $25 a script, already saving Tasmanians $3.9 million this year.
\nLabor\u2019s 60-day prescriptions policy, which has already saved Tasmanians $8.1 million since September 2023\u00a0
\nLabor\u2019s decision to lower thresholds for the PBS safety net, which has saved Tasmanians $23.9 million since it was introduced in July 2022\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Albanese Labor Government firmly believes that Australians shouldn\u2019t have to worry about whether they can afford to access the healthcare they need.<\/p>\n
With cheaper medicines, Medicare Urgent Care Clinics, more bulk billing and a record investment in women\u2019s health, Labor is committed to delivering cost of living relief to Australians.<\/p>\n
Quotes attributable to Assistant Minister White:\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMedicines aren\u2019t optional. If you need them to manage your health, you shouldn\u2019t have to think twice about whether you can afford them.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s why the Albanese Labor Government has made medicines cheaper, expanded 60-day prescriptions and frozen the price for pensioners and concession care holders.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThese changes are making a real difference for Tasmanians with fewer difficult choices at the pharmacy counter. Less stress about whether a prescription can wait. And a little more breathing room for families already juggling cost of living.\u201d\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Media event date: 2 October 2026 Date published: 2 October 2026 Media type: Media release Tasmanians have saved…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":913340,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[64,63,137,490],"class_list":["post-913339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-medication","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-health","tag-medication"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=913339"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913339\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/913340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=913339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=913339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=913339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}