Assignment on Government Policy and Politics

Running head: GOVERNMENT POLICY AND POLITICS
GOVERNMENT POLICY AND POLITICS
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1GOVERNMENT POLICY AND POLITICS
The Australian government is considered to be great and farsighted because the
government ensures the welfare of the citizens of the country in terms of economy, health and
many more. The government of Australia has come up with several campaigns which aim on
addressing several issues and overcoming those issues for the benefits of the people. One of
the most famous campaigns initiated by the government is the Pharmaceutical Benefit
Scheme.
The Pharmaceutical Benefit Scheme (PBS) is the program which the government of
Australia initiated which provides the citizens of Australia with subsidized prescription drugs
and also to some foreign visitors who are covered by the Reciprocal Health Care Agreement
(Pbs.gov.au 2020). In Australia, there were many people who did not have access to any kind
of medication because of their financial condition which led to the suffering of the people.
Thus, to ensure that all the citizens of the country could have an access to medicines for their
treatment, the government came up with this initiative.
The government of Australia has a huge role to play in this campaign and is highly
involved in the scheme. The government has collaborated with big pharmaceutical companies
like ViiV Healthcare Limited and GlaxoSmithKline for the supply of medicines in order to
ensure that the people do not have to suffer because of the high price of the drugs and also
their overall wellbeing.