Labor promises new items, higher rebates for cancer care
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten is promising to deliver the biggest investment in Medicare in 20 years
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An elected Labor government would pump an extra $2.3 billion into cancer care, virtually eliminating out-of-pocket costs for scans and many specialist consultations.
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has used his budget reply speech to promise a dramatic expansion in funding for cancer services, in what he claims would be the biggest investment in Medicare in a generation.