SHADOW Health Minister, Mark Butler, has reaffirmed Labor's commitment to cheaper medicines, if elected.
In a post on Twitter this morning Butler acknowledged cost of living pressures have seen patients go without prescribed medicines.
He said Labor's plan to cut the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme general co-payment would mean that patients filling two scripts a month could save up to $300 a year.
Butler has previously said Labor would move to ensure no patients were inadvertently disadvantaged by the policy (PD 04 May).
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