Stuff reports: The International Monetary Fund has urged the Government to cut spending by better targeting Working for Families, student loans and free GP visits to get its books back into surplus. But Prime Minister John Key rejected the call, saying National had campaigned on preserving those entitlements. “It’s not my intention to break those [...]

This is the section on health from the 2025 Task Force summary: 10. Health: a. A funder-provider model should be reintroduced in the hospital sector, allowing much greater private sector involvement in the provision of taxpayer-funded services. b. Universal (unrelated to income or health status) subsidies for doctors’ visits should be abolished. c. Subsidies for [...]

I knew I would not be disappointed by the reaction of Labour to the OECD report on New Zealand’s health services. Bear in mind that the OECD report is about the economic consequences of continuing down the current path of health funding and modeling. It is not talking about the quality or breadth of our [...]