All Australians with Type 1 diabetes will have access to crucial glucose monitoring devices if the Coalition is returned to government. diabetes auspol australiavotes
Social Services Minister Anne Ruston will be health minister and replace the retiring Greg Hunt if Scott Morrison wins the next election.Victorian ministers Jane Hume and Michael Sukkar and Western Australian Ben Morton are among the front-runners to move up into the cabinet and take over the families and social services portfolio.
At present, about 59,000 Australians including pregnant women, people under 21 and concession cardholders have subsidised access to the devices, which otherwise cost about $5000 per year. The federal government has also revealed that the prostate cancer drug Erlyand and Empliciti, which is used to treat multiple myeloma, will both be listed on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme for the first time – reducing the price to $42.50 per script - from May 1.
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