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Māori Health Group Rejects $120 Million GP Funding Boost
Published 3 months, 2 weeks ago
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We have a massive $120.6 million cash injection on the table for our struggling community GPs, and a group of Māori health providers has flatly rejected it. Why? Because the government updated the funding formula to focus entirely on health needs, deprivation, and rural isolation rather than race.
I ask how funding people based on how sick they are is a step backwards. It sounds like total common sense to me.
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