Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Apr 2019
Duncan Garner complains to Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier on air about breast cancer drug funding
11 April 2019 - The AM Show host Duncan Garner has complained to the Chief Ombudsman live on air about the lack of funding given to life-extending breast cancer drugs.
On Thursday, Kiwi cancer patient Claudine Johnstone told The AM Show she feels Labour has told her to "go off in a corner and quietly die" by not urgently responding to her concerns about a lack of funding for life-extending drugs.
The Health Select Committee on Wednesday voted against an inquiry into PHARMAC's decision-making processes as a drug-buying agency. Three Labour MPs and one New Zealand First MP opposed it.
