Pharmac funding and social media use w/ the ACT Party’s Simon Court: 24th June, 2024

Earlier this year Associate Minister for Health, and Pharmac minister,  David Seymour, announced a budget of over $6 billion for Pharmac over four years, the coalition government promised the funding of 13 cancer drugs alongside this. However on budget day there was a blow to many when the funding of these drugs wasn’t included in the budget as promised. 

Last week David Seymour said a decision on the funding of these cancer drugs was imminent. 

For their weekly catch up, producer Evie talks to the ACT party’s Simon Court about the funding of these drugs, as well as the ACT party’s views on politicians involvement with Pharmac. 

They also talk about the party’s policy surrounding social media, as old concerns arise surrounding party leader David Seymour’s use of Snapchat to communicate with minors.