ROB HENNIN: Sharing the cost burden of our national health system

ROB HENNIN: Sharing the cost burden of our national health system
Rob Hennin
We all know a lot more about our health system than we used to. The covid-19 pandemic, with daily briefings from the Prime Minister and the Director-General of Health being beamed into our living rooms every day for months, has raised the profile of the importance of health. We’ve also learned that without a healthy population, we don’t have a healthy economy.This week we learned even more with the publication of the New Zealand Health and Disability System Review which clearly signalled the need for greater investment in the health...

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