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Healthcare based on need trickier than you think Mr Luxon
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Healthcare based on need trickier than you think Mr Luxon
Friday 11 October 2024, 03:45 PM

Race is one of the best measures of health need, argues Lucy O’Hagan, even Māori with good incomes have higher health needs
When prime minister Christopher Luxon criticised doctors for prioritising young Māori and Pasifika patients, he called it a matter of need, not ethnicity. But if healthcare isn’t based on ethnicity, how will we truly capture those with the highest need, ponders Lucy O’Hagan
If you are considering removing healthcare based on race, maybe you could review healthcare based on age
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