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Pharmac funding and saving lives
An interesting exchange on Twitter over the funding of Pharmac and who should choose which drugs to prioritise. @TheNationTV3 Will @nzlabour fund the new melanoma drug? @AndrewLittleMP says yes Lisa...
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Turei and a Pharmac fallacy
There’s been a lot of speculation about Pharmac in relation to the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement. And misinformed comment and misinformation. In a column (MP’s View) in Dunedin’s The Star Metiria...
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The Keytruda problem
It was sad to see people with cancer being used to try and put emotional/political pressure on the Government and Pharmac. There will always be insufficient funds for all possible drugs and medical...
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Hague pawn apology but makes key points
Green health spokesperson Kevin Hague has apologised for saying sick people were lobbying pawns for the pharmaceutical industry – there’s some truth to that but probably not worded as well as it could...
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Herceptin versus Keytruda
National overruled Pharmac on Herceptin in 2008, and now say it was a mistake for them to interfere. Is the Keytruda issue different? D’Esterre comments at Dim Post: The Herceptin argument was, as I...
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Little under fire – immigration
A day after receiving an onslaught of criticism over his ‘stiff arm’ comments on legislating banks on interest rates – see Little’s banking ballsup – Andrew little is again under fire for comments...
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Dunne on the budget
Peter Dunne has posted on the budget: Most of the reaction to the 2016 Budget has been predictable. Government supporters laud it as one of the greatest things since sliced bread, while the Opposition...
View ArticlePharmac funding not cut
Amy Adams and National may have been a bit hasty in claiming that Pharmac funding had been cut. Labour has CUT Pharmac funding by $200m and failed to deliver money for Dunedin hospital, universally...
View ArticleDavid Clark accused of cronyism after appointing another ex-Labour MP
Minister of Health David Clark has been accused of cronyism after he appointed former Labour MP Steve Maharey as new chair of Pharmac, against the advice of officials, and without following State...
View ArticleKindness and priorities
1st item on @1NewsNZ Govt gives $100M taxpayers money to Maori ‘development’. 2nd item women, including Maori, dying cos not enough $$$ to fund breast cancer drugs. No words. — deborah coddington...
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