Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Aug 2021
Treasury wanted Labour to break all health election promises bar one
5 August 2021 - Treasury told the Government to kick its election promises like funding for PHARMAC, cochlear implants, and Pacific health to later budgets and focus its resources in Budget 2021 on the massive cost of fixing the health system.
The Government rejected that advice and topped up PHARMAC's budget by $200 million over four years, and doubled the number of cochlear implants available, costing $28.3m over four years.
