Do NOT get ill - or pregnant

[Lilith7]

Because our health system may be unable to cope.

 In their infinite wisdom - or possibly in an effort to keep their donors happy, who knows - elective surgeries may be at risk.
And our maternity sytem is overloaded, but nonetheless, yep, these delightful politicans (or something)  are going to cut them.

Which just makes so very much sense doesn't it...oh,hang on. No,not according to this which says there will almost certainly be deaths as a result. Whatever can our delightful politicians be thnking of...?!
 Might they be emulating those heartless butchers in the UK,who disemboweled their NHS..? 


https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/5372...nz-it-cuts


https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/5373...rvice-cuts


https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/5393...ling-staff



Perhaps idiot politicians doing this kind of thing should be prevebted from using any other health system except our own public health system - what's left of it - until they fix the damn thing....?

[Oh_hunnihunni]

One of my neighbours has to have a tooth out urgently, and being of limited means she went to Winz on the advice of her dentist to request help to pay for it, understanding that there was an entitlement of a dental funding grant of $1000, that she could access. But no. Because she lives in social housing, there is a new policy to be applied. No financial help of any kind is to be offered to tenants in social housing, no matter what the circumstances. Any applications for financial help are to be severely examined, applicants are required to open their bank accounts to prove need. No accommodation allowances, no disability allowances, no non recoverable grants - and all of us, including superannuitants are being record checked by Winz staffers to identify those of us receiving such assistance, and to remove it.

Well, I guess they have to pay for those tax cuts somehow...

[Praktica]

Luxon doesn't like bottom feeders...which is those of us who don't have a portfolio of houses and shares, and access to a mil or two of cash when needed.

[Oh_hunnihunni]

Times like these I wish my last name was still in the Ms not the Gs! Then again, there are an awful lot of names on those books, and fortunate as I am, I manage quite well on the income that isn't down to the discretion of staffers who are really unhappy with their job descriptions just now.

This too will pass - after all, governments are temporary arrangements.

[Lilith7]

One of my neighbours has to have a tooth out urgently, and being of limited means she went to Winz on the advice of her dentist to request help to pay for it, understanding that there was an entitlement of a dental funding grant of $1000, that she could access. But no. Because she lives in social housing, there is a new policy to be applied. No financial help of any kind is to be offered to tenants in social housing, no matter what the circumstances. Any applications for financial help are to be severely examined, applicants are required to open their bank accounts to prove need. No accommodation allowances, no disability allowances, no non recoverable grants - and all of us, including superannuitants are being record checked  by Winz staffers to identify those of us receiving such assistance, and to remove it.

Well, I guess they have to pay for those tax cuts somehow...

If knowingly allowing people to suffer pain when they could help isn't evil, then what the hell is it fgs? 

That really is disgraceful - & I bet it isn't widely known,either. Time for a widespread article in what's left of our media.

And Luxon calls himself a Christian...


They make it SO very difficult not to swear profusely.

[Oh_hunnihunni]

It does seem discriminatory, if it is true that this is to be applied to all social housing tenants...

[Lilith7]

It does seem discriminatory, if it is true that this is to be applied to all social housing tenants...

It clearly needs the media to chase that one up, I'd like to hope it isn't true but with this govt, who knows.

[C_T_Russell]

Everyone should be on 1000mg of vitamin C a day, and take a vitamin D supplement, something i slip up on at times and wear a condom, babies are expensive.

[Oh_hunnihunni]

Why would you take a Vit D supplement when the sun on your skin provides enough. Still, I suppose if you live under a rock...

Supplements are only necessary for those with poor diets, or damaged bodies. For the rest, marketing is very persuasive, but it's not about your health, more about their wealth.

As for babies being expensive, just as well your Mum wasn't convinced of that eh?

[Praktica]

I have a prescribed vit D supplement which I take once a month - oldies in the south don't get enough sunshine. I also take vit B12, after an episode a few years ago when my blood levels were found to be low, and I had to have a course of injections. This is caused by a couple of medications I've been on for years.

[Oh_hunnihunni]

Yup, aging bodies need boosting and the docs often prescribe supplements. B12 is a common one as is D, but a scripted replacement is not quite the same as the vast mountains of product people buy, consume, and then excrete with no more need than the imaginary one generated by marketing agencies - for and on behalf of the so called natural health industry. But, considering the reality that is the modern diet, or rather - diets, it is probably a reasonable alternative to learning how to use food as medicine, the way our ancestors did. It is yet another example of the way 21st living is so different from the one we are biologically supposed to be engaged in.

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Btw, that little story my neighbour with the tooth issue has been telling everyone proves to be somewhat stretched. The truth is being required to reveal her actual bank details to the Winz staffer betrayed the fact she had a healthy savings account, way beyond the limit imposed by law, and one she has been keeping very quiet about for decades. Cheating the system, as do many in social housing, for whatever reason. So, today she is in the dentist's chair at her own expense and very cross about it, and I am sitting here at home with my cuppa and tablet, completely without sympathy for her, and somewhat relieved to know that those of us who do not cheat still have a safety net available.

It really is so much simpler in the long run to just be honest.

[C_T_Russell]

Why would you take a Vit D supplement when the sun on your skin provides enough. Still, I suppose if you live under a rock...

Supplements are only necessary for those with poor diets, or  damaged bodies. For the rest, marketing is very persuasive, but it's not about your  health, more about their wealth.

As for babies being expensive, just as well your Mum wasn't convinced of that eh?

The sun is good for sure, but how often do many people who work all day indoors get enough sun, and on top of that, you have to be careful not to overexpose yourself and get sun damage.
I suggest you get a blood test and see where you are at, even with daily sun exposure and supplementation I had to increase my uptake to maintain a good level.
Dr Campbell has a ton of good advice on vitamin D.

My parents did not care about the cost of living or bringing up kids, they thought the end of the world AKA Armageddon was going to come before I was an adult, seriously you dont have a clue what christian fundamentalists believe, and the only way these cults can gain members is to bring up kids into them.
Now its the other way round, because the cost of living is so bad, many JW members are now waiting to have kids until after Armageddon "comes".