On 1 January 2025, the government introduced a freeze on the maximum patient cost for all PBS medicines. This is a freeze on the co-payment you pay for PBS medicines.
This means the cost of your PBS medicines is the same rate as it was in 2024 and will not increase with indexation in 2025.

The freeze will be for one year for general patients, which applies to everyone with a Medicare card. There will be a 5-year freeze for pensioners and other Commonwealth concession card holders.

This measure is to help ease cost of living pressures and encourage patients to not delay filling their prescriptions.

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