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, including the $433 million for a new Medicare item number to allow cancer specialists to bulk-bill 3 million consultations over the next four years.
"Patients are not fully aware that while the doctor is compelled to tell you their costs, they don't always tell you about the cost of the anaesthetist or the pathologist," Ms Aranda said.
While promising a new radiation centre on the NSW South Coast on Friday, Mr Shorten said it would be part of a $60 million investment in 13 such facilities across regional Australia, describing Labor's cancer package as "the most important investment in Medicare since Bob Hawke created it".It comes after Prime Minister Scott Morrison unveiled a budget on Tuesday that promised to "guarantee Medicare" with a $1.
Labor's promised regional radiation funding - which exceeds the $45.5 million committed in the federal budget - would come out of a $300 million capital works fund announced on Friday.
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