Putting dental care into Medicare

Summary of proposal

The proposal would create Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) items for preventative and therapeutic dental services, including regular check-ups and teeth cleans, crowns, orthodontic treatment, oral surgeries, periodontics and prosthodontics.

The MBS would include coverage of all items listed in the 13th edition of the Australian Schedule of Dental Services and Glossary (the handbook).

The MBS benefit for each item would align with the Child Dental Benefits Schedule (CDBS) (or scaled Veterans Dental Schedule (VDS) schedule rates where CDBS pricing is not available).

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Putting dental care into Medicare

Summary of proposal

The proposal would create Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) items for preventative and therapeutic dental services, including regular check-ups and teeth cleans, crowns, orthodontic treatment, oral surgeries, periodontics and prosthodontics.

The MBS would include coverage of all items listed in the 13th edition of the Australian Schedule of Dental Services and Glossary (the handbook).

The MBS benefit for each item would align with the Child Dental Benefits Schedule (CDBS) (or scaled Veterans Dental Schedule (VDS) schedule rates where CDBS pricing is not available).

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Putting dental care into Medicare

Summary of proposal

The proposal would create Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) items for preventative and therapeutic dental services, including regular check-ups and teeth cleans, crowns, orthodontic treatment, oral surgeries, periodontics and prosthodontics.

The MBS would include coverage of all items listed in the 13th edition of the Australian Schedule of Dental Services and Glossary (the handbook).

The MBS benefit for each item would align with the Child Dental Benefits Schedule (CDBS) (or scaled Veterans Dental Schedule (VDS) schedule rates where CDBS pricing is not available).

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Cost of Negative Gearing and Capital Gains Tax Discount

Summary of proposal

This request is seeking budget analysis on the revenue foregone in relation to the cost of negative gearing and the capital gains tax discount. There are 2 components to this request: 

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Cost of Negative Gearing and Capital Gains Tax Discount

Summary of proposal

This request is seeking budget analysis on the revenue foregone in relation to the cost of negative gearing and the capital gains tax discount. There are 2 components to this request: 

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Cost of Negative Gearing and Capital Gains Tax Discount

Summary of proposal

This request is seeking budget analysis on the revenue foregone in relation to the cost of negative gearing and the capital gains tax discount. There are 2 components to this request: 

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Public property developer

Summary of proposal

Under the proposal, the Australian Government would act as a public property developer, building homes and selling them at close to cost, or retaining them to rent out as public or affordable housing.

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Public property developer

Summary of proposal

Under the proposal, the Australian Government would act as a public property developer, building homes and selling them at close to cost, or retaining them to rent out as public or affordable housing.

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Public property developer

Summary of proposal

Under the proposal, the Australian Government would act as a public property developer, building homes and selling them at close to cost, or retaining them to rent out as public or affordable housing.

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Labor's revised stage 3 tax cuts: distributional analysis

Summary of proposal

The request sought estimated financial implications and distributional analysis of the Government’s revised Stage 3 tax cut changes announced on 25 January 2024, relative to 2023-24 tax settings. The revised Stage 3 tax cuts take effect from 1 July 2024.

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