“If you're in a public hospital at the moment, all of your cancer treatment is free.”
What RMIT ABC Fact Check found
There is more to the story. Public hospitals provide free treatment to cancer patients who are formally admitted as public inpatients. However, public patients may need to pay for other cancer services. In some states and territories, public patients receiving outpatient services at public hospitals may have to partly cover treatment costs, such as for chemotherapy. And in hospital, public patients may be offered tests and drugs not yet covered by Medicare or the Pharmaceutical Benefits Schem...
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Scott Morrison (Prime Minister) made this claim around 8 May 2019. RMIT ABC Fact Check (Australia) looked into it and published its finding on 17 May 2019, 9 days later. Its rating was “More to the story”.
Scott Morrison has 18 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 1 of them false or fake, 11 misleading or mixed and 3 true.
This check was done by RMIT ABC Fact Check, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.