Shadow Health Minister CatherineKingMP says the rate that the Medicare rebate is currently set at is quite low and that Labor will raise it to around $150, from about $60.
FULL INTERVIEW: Labor Leader Bill Shorten has announced a $2.3 billion Medicare cancer plan during his budget reply speech on Thursday night, which he says is the ‘most significant investment in Medicare in a generation’.
Speaking with Sky News, Shadow Health Minister Catherine King says the rate that the Medicare rebate is currently set quite low, explaining that Labor will raise it to around $150 from about $60. Ms King says Labor has had all its policies in the Medicare plan costed by the Parliamentary Budget Office. Image: News Corp Australia
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