Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jul 12, 2023 18:27:20 GMT 12
Lindsay Mitchell: MORE RACIAL DISCRIMINATION LOOMING IN THE HEALTH SECTOR
Making Maori and Pacific ethnicity a condition for free eligibility cannot be justified on any sound basis. A publicly funded health system can never guarantee equal outcomes, but it can do its utmost to offer equal opportunity.
Prime Minister Chris Hipkins recently took a step back when the public reacted adversely to the use of ethnicity to decide priority for surgery saying he would get the Health Minister to “make sure there’s no discrimination.”
But Te Whatu Ora just steamrolls on with exclusionary policies based on race. There is no other name for this approach than discrimination.....
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2023/07/lindsay-mitchell-more-racial.html
Making Maori and Pacific ethnicity a condition for free eligibility cannot be justified on any sound basis. A publicly funded health system can never guarantee equal outcomes, but it can do its utmost to offer equal opportunity.
Prime Minister Chris Hipkins recently took a step back when the public reacted adversely to the use of ethnicity to decide priority for surgery saying he would get the Health Minister to “make sure there’s no discrimination.”
But Te Whatu Ora just steamrolls on with exclusionary policies based on race. There is no other name for this approach than discrimination.....
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2023/07/lindsay-mitchell-more-racial.html