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Free Health Care for Under-Sixes Threatened
Media Release
27 September 2007
Free Health
Care for Under-Sixes Threatened
National’s plan to
remove caps on doctors’ fees if it becomes government is
bad news for the parents of children under six who will
benefit from the $8.25 million investment into child health
says New Zealand First health spokesperson Barbara
Stewart.
“The additional funding was announced last month and will be made available from 1 January to practices that commit to providing free care for under sixes.
“It’s fairly safe to say that parents on lower incomes or fixed incomes would prefer to have guaranteed free or low cost treatment for their children and not have to rely on “market forces” to keep costs down.
“New Zealand First has always advocated free health care for under sixes as all children deserve the best possible start in life and access to medical treatment should not be restricted in any way by family finances.
“Unfortunately it seems that those least able to look after themselves will once again be the victims of political expediency,” said Mrs Stewart.
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