Labor will introduce new Medicare rebates for menopause assessments and contraceptive pills, saving Australian women hundreds of dollars a year. The investment will also boost payments to make long-acting contraceptives $400 cheaper and fund two trials for pharmacies to give contraceptive pills over-the-counter.
Labor will spend $573 million on women’s healthcare as it invests in Medicare ahead of the electionA new Medicare rebate will be introduced for menopause assessments at the GPAustralian women will save hundreds of dollars a year on hormone replacement therapies and contraceptive pills under the first new subsidies for reproductive health treatments in decades, as the Albanese government makes a $573 million pledge on women’s health ahead of the election.
“Our investment of more than half a billion dollars will deliver more choice, lower costs and better healthcare for women at all stages of their lives,” she said.“These changes could save women and their families thousands of dollars across their lifetimes.” “That’s why I asked our medicines experts to find a way to right that wrong,” he said. “Today’s announcement is a tribute to all the Australian women who have worked so hard, for so long, to have their voices heard and acknowledged.”A re-elected Albanese government will broaden the contraceptive options for young women by boosting funding for IUDs and birth control implants, which are inserted once and last several years.
Labor says it will improve healthcare for women experiencing menopause and its precursor, perimenopause, by introducing a Medicare rebate for menopause health assessments by a GP from July. Assistant Health Minister Ged Kearney said women’s health had long been shrouded in shame and stigma. “ will shift the dial on an entrenched culture of medical misogyny – we’re talking about alleviating pain, reducing delays in diagnosis, avoiding unplanned pregnancies, and transforming menopause care,” she said.Eight new training centres will aim to ensure health professionals are confident to insert and remove long-acting contraceptives, at a cost of $25 million.
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