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Diabetes treatment to be subsidised

Health Minister Mark Butler says the new insulin pumps are life-changing wearable technology. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

The next generation of insulin pumps needed by 130,000 Australians with type 1 diabetes are to be made available at a fraction of the thousands of dollars a year they currently cost.

Health Minister Mark Butler says access to the Omnipod DASH Insulin Management system will be subsidised from December 1.

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