Bluntj:

 

sir1963:

 

" Luxon says outcomes matter, defends shift to private surgeries"

 

 

 

And I agree, what it which outcome is important.

 

If the outcome was to have a world class hospital system, then funding should go into that to make it work.

 

If the outcome was to start down that path of privatised healthcare, then the is where he is headed.

 

The outcome for patients is kind of the meat in the middle of this sandwich , and I do NOT want a privatised healthcare system, it will simply cost MUCH more with no real term benefits.

 

Stop the block of cheese tax cuts, kill of the road cone hot line waste of money, and start doing your job as to what is best for ALL kiwis irrespective of your political bias. Sacrificing the poor for the benefit of the wealthy is NOT where we need to go.

 

 

I may be wrong, but I thought they are using private hospitals to boost surgeries to try and reduce public lists. I didnt see it as  a permanent thing.

 

And if you keep underfunding, under resourcing, delaying improvements...it becomes permanent by default.

Every $ spent on private hospitals is a $ not spent on public hospitals

Every $ spent on private doctors simply encourages doctors to work privately for more money and fewer hours.