Senator Shoebridge: "..we will not be joining with Labor to punch down on pensioners in the middle of a cost of living crisis."
"The chief executive of the Council on the Ageing Australia, Patricia Sparrow, rejected the planned savings being linked to aged care funding commitments.
“Older Australians shouldn’t have to choose between protecting their health and paying for everyday essentials. Nor should they be asked to choose between affordable healthcare and a properly funded aged care system,” she said.
The shadow health minister, Anne Ruston, said the policy would have affected up to 1.5 million pensioners.
“The idea that a government would have to cut the health system to need to pay for the aged care system … just reflects the fact of how much this government has lost control of their budget bottom line,” she said.
The proposal has been criticised by the states and territories, which warn their health services will come under increasing pressure.
The Victorian health minister, Ingrid Stitt, said she had raised concerns with Butler, vowing to oppose “any move that makes it harder for Victorians to get the care they need”."
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