Health minister Mark Butler publicly dismissed the risk that increasing dispensed quantities of PBS-listed medicines would worsen shortages at least nine times before he received advice from the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee.
What was the point of asking for PBAC advice after dismissing the risk nine times?
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