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Kat Wong

DARK SECRETS: Prescriptions meds cheaper next year as costs bite ill | Vintage Vibes

The maximum cost of meds on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme will lower further, to $25. (Flavio Brancaleone/AAP PHOTOS)

Australians will pay no more than $25 for prescription drugs listed on the government's subsidy scheme in a move that will bring prices down to 2004 levels.

From January 1, the maximum Australians will pay for medicines on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme will drop from $31.60 to $25 after the federal government passed a bill to lower the general co-payment by $6.60.

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