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New pharmacy group comes out swinging over $5 prescription copayment
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New pharmacy group comes out swinging over $5 prescription copayment
Monday 1 May 2023, 05:15 AM
Prescription Access Initiative organiser Gemma Perry
The newly-formed Prescription Access Initiative group is calling on the Government to scrap the prescription copayment, saying evidence proves it fuels medication nonadherence and patient harm. Paulette Crowley reports
KEY POINTS, About 45 pharmacists have grouped to pressure the Government to scrap the $5 prescription copayment.
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