Australia's 60-day prescriptions are saving millions; why aren't more patients getting them?

MedicalXpress | апр 15, 2026

A landmark government policy designed to slash the cost of medicines for millions of Australians is falling well short of its potential because GPs and pharmacists have been slow to adopt it, new research has found. The study, published in the Medical Journal of Australia, examined uptake of Australia's 60-day dispensing policy for blood pressure medicines in the two years since it launched in September 2023.