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Andrew Brown

Prescription medicine costs set to lower

New legislation will lower the PBS maximum general co-payment by $12.50, falling from $42.50 to $30. (Melanie Foster/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Patients will have access to cheaper medicines at the pharmacy after new laws passed parliament.

The legislation lowered the maximum general co-payment on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme by $12.50, falling from $42.50 to $30.

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