NZ Doctor.
The return of the $5 prescription fee for most people is the main change for New Zealand’s health system in Budget 2024.
The Coalition Government has followed through on its election campaign pledge to bring back the fee for everyone except Community Services Card holders and their dependents and people aged over-65.
As was the case before the previous Government removed the fee last year, households who pay for 20 prescriptions in a year will be given a prescription subsidy card that entitles them to free prescriptions for the rest of the year and prescriptions will be free for under-14s.