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Reliance on private health care increasing

Morning Report

English - September 18, 2023 19:42 - 3 minutes - 3.57 MB - ★★★★ - 11 ratings
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A new report from the senior doctors' union says people's dependency on private healthcare, to provide what public services can't, is rapidly increasing.
Evidence of this includes a Bay of Plenty iwi organisation which has bought private health insurance for its 110 workers for the first time because they are getting so hard hit by hospital waiting lists.
Phil Pennington reports.