Health Minister Mark Butler has again stepped in to override the direction emerging from a federal advisory committee, abandoning a planned reclassification of intravitreal eye injections after warnings the change could harm patients financially and disrupt access to essential treatment.
Mark Butler steps in to block eye injection funding change after patient warnings
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