Anne Ruston (SA, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Health and Aged Care) Share this | Hansard source

These bills, as part of a package of reforms, seek to change the levies and cost-recovery framework around prostheses and the Prostheses List. I put the TGA in there as an example. The TGA changes have a significant impact on the costs to the implementation of the private health sector, in terms of costs.

I'm seeking, more broadly, in terms of the increases to the sector, of changes as they relate to the changes of this package of bills and the overall reform package that's here, if any concerns have been raised. Has the department raised any concerns around increasing costs that may be associated with the limitation of innovation and time to market of products that sit within implantable devices?