Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 May 2021
PHARMAC funding will result in health poverty: advocate
30 May 2021 - A Dunedin patient rights campaigner is vowing to fight on in the wake of the Government’s "profoundly disappointing" Budget provision for New Zealand’s drug-buying agency PHARMAC.
Camilla Cox, a local member of Patient Voice Aotearoa, said the funding equated to a rise of only 1.4% a year, meaning it would only keep pace with inflation.
