National Lacks Integrity Over Health Sector Plans

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National Lacks Integrity Over Health Sector Plans

Libertarianz spokesman Richard McGrath today denounced the National Party's recently-announced health discussion paper, saying that John Key still wants to maintain state control of the embattled industry.

Dr McGrath welcomed National's proposed deregulation of GP's fees, saying that Labour's price controls will eventually impact on the medical workforce and lengthen waiting times for medical care.

But he said this is a smoke screen, and it is apparent that National do not intend to live up to their stated core values of individual freedom and limited government, which the Libertarianz Party also espouses.

"If National is elected, they won't stop issuing edicts that health workers are forced to follow. They won't stop telling doctors and others how to run their businesses. They won't shut down the monstrously bureaucratic health ministry and its metastases such as Pharmac and the Medical Council.

"The National Party merely want to impose their own watered-down version of socialism on the health industry. They don't seem to have the courage of their stated convictions.

"Until National's policies start to reflect their core values, my party will continue to view them as political eunuchs."

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