Post by Kiwi Frontline on Aug 11, 2021 3:33:52 GMT 12
UNDERFUNDING MĀORI HEALTHCARE COSTS MĀORI AND THE ECONOMY $5 BILLION A YEAR
A new report has found Māori healthcare is massively underfunded and $1 billion in extra investment a year would save the country $5bn a year in health-related costs.
“The human element behind that, the suffering behind that is huge,” said Janice Kuka (Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāti Te Rangi), one of six claimants to commission the report by Sapere.
It also breached the Treaty of Waitangi, said Kuka, who is the managing director of Ngā Mataapuna Oranga, a Māori primary health organisation in Tauranga......
www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/126018415/underfunding-mori-healthcare-costs-mori-and-the-economy-5-billion-a-year
A new report has found Māori healthcare is massively underfunded and $1 billion in extra investment a year would save the country $5bn a year in health-related costs.
“The human element behind that, the suffering behind that is huge,” said Janice Kuka (Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāti Te Rangi), one of six claimants to commission the report by Sapere.
It also breached the Treaty of Waitangi, said Kuka, who is the managing director of Ngā Mataapuna Oranga, a Māori primary health organisation in Tauranga......
www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/126018415/underfunding-mori-healthcare-costs-mori-and-the-economy-5-billion-a-year