Medicines price rise effect hosed down

By Dan Harrison
Updated August 20 2014 - 1:18pm, first published 3:00am
Fees for PBS medicines would increase by $5 per script for general patients and 80 cents per script for concessional patients. Photo: Erin Jonasson
Fees for PBS medicines would increase by $5 per script for general patients and 80 cents per script for concessional patients. Photo: Erin Jonasson

There is no evidence to suggest increasing charges for medicines will deter people from filling their prescriptions, health department officials told a Senate hearing on Tuesday.

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