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Beyond urgent care clinics, this Budget makes health care more affordable across several areas. Here’s what’s changed and what it means for people in Moore.

Cheaper medicines

PBS co-payment reductions:

Maximum general co-payment: $25 (lowest in over 20 years)
Concessional rate: $7.70, frozen until 2030
$5.9 billion invested in new and amended PBS listings

New medicines listed include treatments for:

Cystic fibrosis
Chronic kidney disease
Various cancers
COVID-19 oral antivirals (now permanently listed)
437 new or amended listings since July 2022

If you or a family member has a chronic condition, it’s worth checking whether your medication is now listed or whether your co-payment has changed.

RSV vaccine — now free for eligible older Australians

The respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine Arexvy is now listed on the National Immunisation Program. RSV is a common illness that can be serious for older Australians, particularly those with conditions like asthma or heart disease.

Eligible older Australians can receive this vaccine for free at a GP, immunisation clinic or participating pharmacy.

More bulk billing

$11.4 billion invested to incentivise GP bulk billing
More than 1,420 previously mixed-billing practices have converted to fully bulk billing since November 2025
National GP bulk billing rate: 81.4%
Target: 9 in 10 GP services bulk billed by 2030

Record hospital funding

$25 billion in additional Commonwealth funding for public hospitals
Total funding over five years: $220.3 billion — a record
Renewed National Health Reform Agreement with states and territories

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