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Govt gaslights voters on health costs/GDP
Briefly in my Picks ‘n Mixes and Daily Chorus on Wednesday, September 10, the top news, scoops and deep-dives in Aotearoa’s political economy around housing, poverty and climate are:
* To justify continued health sector wage and hiring restraint, the Government has repeatedly argued New Zealand’s health spending was actually higher than similar OECD countries as a share of GDP, having risen during Covid.
* But a fresh report from Auckland University health finance experts shows the argument is specious, being based on 2018 data and including GST, when fair comparisons with other countries…
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