Rationing medicines by stealth with Government budget announcement

Medicines New Zealand

17 May 2018 - Big expectations from the Government today as it increases the pressure on PHARMAC to perform with its savings model.

The procurement agency has been advised it needs to make up to $200 million in savings over the next 5 years. This could have a drastic effect on the already limited access patients have to medicines in New Zealand.

“This will push more patients to take risks in order to access modern treatments overseas. New Zealand patients will be forced to seek solutions outside of the public health sector in order to improve their health, ” says Dr. Graeme Jarvis, General Manager of Medicines New Zealand.

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