Medicare “continually” needs to be refined and improved, Shadow Treasurer Angus Taylor says.
The system is set to undergo a major overhaul which would open primary care delivery to allied health professionals, according to The Australian.
“One of the ways you can do that is to get a bigger role from pharmacists, from practiced nurses, from allied health professionals,” Mr Taylor told Sky News host Cory Bernardi.
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