Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Aug 2025
Australians now take drastic steps to pay for vital medicines not on the PBS
4 August 2025 - Many Australians struggling to pay bills have had to borrow money, fundraise or take on extra work to afford prescribed medicines not on the PBS. They want the system fixed.
One in ten Australians have had to borrow money, fundraise or take on extra work to afford their prescribed medicines not subsidised on the PBS, with desperate patients calling for an overhaul of the system.
