One Nation is worried about PBS drugs sold on the black market. But how big an issue is this?

MART PRODUCTION/Pexels One Nation is concerned about subsidised, prescription medicines being sold on the black market, one of several examples of what it says are Medicare “rorts”. We’ve known for years that some types of medicines on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) can be misused this way. But it’s hard to know exactly how big an issue this is today, whether this is becoming more common, or how much it costs taxpayers. Here’s what we know about the black market for PBS…