2019–20 Federal Budget advances long term national health plan

The 2019–20 Federal Budget details a comprehensive, patient-focused investment of $435 billion over the next four years. 

• Medicare boosted by $6 billion 
  • with $1.1 billion for primary care
• Hospital funding boosted by $5 billion 
  • on top of the $1.25  billion Community Health and Hospitals Program
• Aged care funding boosted by $7 billion 
• $40 billion for life-saving and life-changing medicines provisioned in the forward estimates 
• $5 billion for a 10-year Medical Research Future Fund investment plan
• $736.6 million for mental health including youth suicide prevention
• $1 billion for Indigenous health
• More than $1 billion for child dental services

Find out more about the 2019–20 Health Budget