Labor scrapped the cap. Now explain the savings

Dear Editor,

Labor has scrapped its proposed $5000-veterans-allied-health threshold after months of opposition from veterans, families and advocates.

Matt Keogh says the government heard veterans and took the threshold off the table. 

But the Budget had booked a $748 million saving over three years from the measure, followed by $340.2 million a year ongoing.

The promised $169.7 million increase in allied-health-provider fees remains. So, with the cap gone, what about the savings?

Has Labor abandoned the $748 million, or will it try to find the same reduction somewhere else in veterans’ healthcare?

Veterans won the fight everyone could see. Now we need to follow the money.

I expand on this at markcroxford.net/read

Regards,

Mark Croxford
Founder Veterans Count,
20-year Navy veteran, and
former media and political adviser to a Minister for Veterans’ Affairs and Minister for Defence Personnel

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