Published: April 14, 2019
Bill Shorten says cancer shouldn’t make you poor. The Coalition says Labor’s big idea offers false hope. Who’s right?
Labor’s $2.3bn cancer package to tackle out-of-pocket costs and waiting lists gives it a big positive story to tell about healthcare but the Coalition has gone on the attack, arguing it is giving voters false hope that all treatments will be free.
On Monday the health minister, Greg Hunt, released health department data that shows eliminating out-of-pocket costs for all 421 cancer-related Medicare benefits schedule items would cost $6.8bn over four years.
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