Aotearoa / New Zealand

1656 readers

26 users here now

Kia ora and welcome to !newzealand, a place to share and discuss anything about Aotearoa in general

For politics , please use !politics@lemmy.nz
Shitposts, circlejerks, memes, and non-NZ topics belong in !offtopic@lemmy.nz
If you need help using Lemmy.nz, go to !support@lemmy.nz
NZ regional and special interest communities

Rules:

Don't be a dick

FAQ ~ NZ Community List ~ Join Matrix chatroom

Banner image by Bernard Spragg

Got an idea for next month's banner?

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

Dave

RaoulDuke

More GPs urgently needed, change recommended to primary care funding - report (www.rnz.co.nz)

submitted 1 year ago by ooo_shiny to c/newzealand

28 comments fedilink hide all child comments

I wonder when NZ will move away from the quasi-free-market-but-funded-by-the-government system in health (and education). It leads to outcomes like this which are clearly inefficient. I’d like to see more centralisation.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] sylverstream 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Why not free for everyone? Higher earners already pay higher and more tax. And it avoids that people wait too long before going to a GP, saving costs as well.

I'm from Europe where a GP is free for everyone and it's amazing.

[–] Ozymati 1 points 1 year ago

Mostly just because I think we should be eating the rich anyway.