Parents demanding PHARMAC funding boost unleash on politicians at Parliament steps

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22 January 2020 - The parents of a daughter with cystic fibrosis have cycled 1300 km from Dunedin to Wellington towing a coffin to send a message to politicians that Pharmac is underfunded.

Julian and Camilla Cox arrived in Wellington on Wednesday afternoon where they met with members of Patient Voice Aotearoa along with some patients and whānau to deliver the coffin to Parliament steps.

The group are demanding more funding for the Government's drug buying agency PHARMAC and an external review, in the hopes that the current budget of more than $1 billion - following a $60 million injection - will be doubled.

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