As Sussan Ley exits politics, her tenure as health minister is best remembered for driving some of the most structurally significant reforms to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme in decades, reshaping pricing, governance, industry engagement, and patient access despite at times intense opposition.
Sussan Ley's sometimes contentious but unquestionably consequential health legacy
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