how much of what we believe about Australia actually comes from New Zealand threads
how much of what we believe about Australia actually comes from New Zealand threads, and I want the answer with the reasoning attached rather than just the conclusion.
The two decisions that this whole board turns on, kept apart.
Registration means a product may lawfully be supplied. Subsidy listing means the public system will fund it, for a defined indication, against published criteria. They are made by different bodies on different timetables, and a product can be registered and unsubsidised for a given use for a long time.
Almost every "why can I not get this" thread here is really a question about the second decision being answered with facts about the first. Say which one you are asking about and the thread resolves in two replies.
The compounded arrangements changed while I was mid-thread and I was arguing from a superseded position.
Kept the script and the receipt for a private health claim and both were requested.
Sceptical readings welcome. The confident ones are the ones I distrust.
best — the order this archive was captured in
Subsidy criteria and authority requirements are published. For eligibility questions those documents are authoritative and this board is not.
Subsidy criteria and authority requirements are published.
Agreed — the database rather than the coverage, every time.
the TGA shortage database is public and it is the source, not the news
The national shortage database is a primary source with expected resolution dates attached. It is public, searchable, and consistently more accurate than reporting about it.
Push back: the compounded arrangements changed and the advice you are quoting predates the change.
Yes — the shortage database is the source. The news coverage of it is downstream and usually a week behind.
private script pricing varies by pharmacy here too
Correction: that is the registration decision, not the subsidy listing. They are made by different bodies.
Cosigning on asking the pharmacy to check the wholesaler. It converts speculation into a fact in one phone call.
Are you quoting advice from before the compounded arrangements changed?
Pharmacy staff name removed; the pharmacy itself can stay in a pricing post.
PBS-subsidised or private script?
Pharmacy staff name removed; the pharmacy itself can stay in a pricing post.
aussie_pbs_watch is right that the two countries are separate systems and the answers diverge.
That figure is a private price at one pharmacy, not a national one.
That figure is a private price at one pharmacy, not a national one.
Disagreeing with this bit: that advice predates the change in compounded arrangements.
Not convinced. That is the New Zealand position and the thread is asking about Australia.
Small fix — that is the New Zealand arrangement, and the question is about Australia.
Right, and the compounded supply position moved. Threads from two years ago are describing a different situation.
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