{"id":987524693,"date":"2021-03-23T03:37:42","date_gmt":"2021-03-23T02:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/news\/budget-2020-21-record-health-and-aged-care-investment-under-australias-covid-19-pandemic-plan\/"},"modified":"2023-03-02T10:40:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-02T09:40:00","slug":"budget-2020-21-record-health-and-aged-care-investment-under-australias-covid-19-pandemic-plan","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/news\/budget-2020-21-record-health-and-aged-care-investment-under-australias-covid-19-pandemic-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Budget 2020-21: Record health and aged care investment under Australia\u2019s COVID-19 pandemic plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.gov.au\/ministers\">(Australian) Government<\/a> is delivering a record $115.5&nbsp;billion in 2020\u201321 and $467&nbsp;billion over the forward estimates to deliver the essential health services Australians need under the Long Term National Health Plan.<\/p>\n<p>(The) Government has committed more than $16&nbsp;billion to the emergency health response to the pandemic. Aged care is a particular focus. Since the pandemic began, (they) have invested more than $1.6&nbsp;billion to protect senior Australians and workers in aged care, and support providers.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, this year\u2019s Budget&#8230;&nbsp;guarantees <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthline.com\/health\/medicare\/medicare-changes-2020\">Medicare<\/a>, delivers a Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) New Medicines Funding Guarantee, invests in mental health and backs medical research.<\/p>\n<p>he Government\u2019s record investment in health includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A record four-year investment of $467&nbsp;billion, up $32&nbsp;billion over last year\u2019s Budget<\/li>\n<li>A record $115.5&nbsp;billion in health investment in 2020\u201321, up $11.5&nbsp;billion on last year\u2019s Budget\n<ul>\n<li>More than $16&nbsp;billion for the pandemic health response<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Medicare investment of $119.3&nbsp;billion over the forward estimates, up $6 billion\n<ul>\n<li>$2.4&nbsp;billion total investment in telehealth<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>and many more&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.gov.au\/ministers\/the-hon-greg-hunt-mp\/media\/budget-2020-21-record-health-and-aged-care-investment-under-australias-covid-19-pandemic-plan\">Click here<\/a> to know more about Australia&#8217;s healthcare expenditure this year.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Image Credits: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gettyimages.in\/\">Getty Images<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Have anything to say about Australia&#8217;s FY21 Budget? Please let us know in the comments section below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The (Australian) Government is delivering a record $115.5&nbsp;billion in 2020\u201321 and $467&nbsp;billion over the forward estimates to deliver the essential health services Australians need under the Long Term National Health Plan. (The) Government has committed more than $16&nbsp;billion to the emergency health response to the pandemic. Aged care is a particular focus. Since the pandemic&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":559,"featured_media":987531890,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[],"tags":[124,129,133],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/987524693"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/559"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=987524693"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/987524693\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/987531890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=987524693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=987524693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=987524693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}