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Opinion - The Budget 2021 includes a large spend on housing, with a particular focus on Māori housing, showing that Māori housing advocates have spoken and the government has listened, writes Jade Kake.
Minister of Health
· An
extra $200 million so Pharmac can pay for more medicines,
treatments and personal medical devices for sick New
Zealanders.
· $486 million to begin the transition to
Health NZ and health reforms.
· $2.7 billion
additional support over four years for District Health
Boards, contributing to a 45 percent increase to health
funding since the Government took office in 2017.
·
Establishing the Māori Health Authority, a key part of the
Government’s health reforms.
· Almost double the
number of publicly funded cochlear implants, restoring
hearing to people who have lost it.
Labour is
continuing its overhaul of the public health service,
backing restructuring with money to build and run hospitals,
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