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Will swapping Shane Reti for Simeon Brown make any difference?
Last night I chatted with Northland emergency doctor Dr Gary Payinda on the substack app for subscribers about whether the appointment of Simeon Brown to replace Shane Reti as Health Minister. We discussed whether the new minister can turn around decades of under-funding in real and per-capita terms.
Our chat followed his publication of this post:
After our chat, he posted this piece on his background and what he’s doing now.
We also talked about his post from Saturday on privately provided healthcare.
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