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Health
political reporter Stephanie Dalzell

Which medicines are getting cheaper? Can I get double my medication for half the price?

You may have heard the cost of hundreds of medicines will effectively be halved for millions of Australians with chronic illness, under a major shake-up of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme. 

Those people will soon be able to buy 60 days' worth of medicine for the price of a single prescription.

The move has reignited a longstanding turf war between pharmacists and doctors, with pharmacies warning the change could lead to supply shortages and force them to close their doors. 

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