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Prescription fees are back (www.tewhatuora.govt.nz)

submitted 5 months ago by catsdoingcatstuff to c/newzealand

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I didn't learn about this until today.

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[–] Dave 10 points 5 months ago

It's such a weird way to subsidise tax cuts. I guess it wasn't free for long so they wanted to get it changed back before people thought if it as a new fee instead of an end to a short period of free prescriptions.