13-04-2025, 02:32 PM
It looks very much as if this delightful govt may intend to privatise health. Questions are met with poli-waffle & avoidance.
At its heart, privatising health would effectively mean that poor people would be unable to afford medical care, & therefore will be left to suffer & die - as quietly as possible of course, so as not to disturb wealthy people.
That sound callous, & similar to the dire American system which has caused people to become bankrupt in order to afford treatment - and of course, die once they can no longer afford it.
But it does appear to be their goal, & you have to wonder how many charity hospitals we'll have before the cruelty of Neo Liberal,ism is finally removed from this country.
Three so far.
https://www.odt.co.nz/the-star/opinion-g...bTh-XRsnLw
At its heart, privatising health would effectively mean that poor people would be unable to afford medical care, & therefore will be left to suffer & die - as quietly as possible of course, so as not to disturb wealthy people.
That sound callous, & similar to the dire American system which has caused people to become bankrupt in order to afford treatment - and of course, die once they can no longer afford it.
But it does appear to be their goal, & you have to wonder how many charity hospitals we'll have before the cruelty of Neo Liberal,ism is finally removed from this country.
Three so far.
https://www.odt.co.nz/the-star/opinion-g...bTh-XRsnLw
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)