Post by Kiwi Frontline on Aug 3, 2023 5:57:19 GMT 12
ACT WILL PUT AN END TO RACE-BASED HEALTHCARE
Labour wants to end unfair differences in access to healthcare, it should start with the racial lottery it is deliberately creating,” says ACT Deputy Leader and Health spokesperson Brooke van Velden.
“Today in Parliament I revealed that pregnant mothers are receiving $50 prezzy cards simply for turning up to pregnancy assessments and 6-week assessments. The catch? You have to identify as Māori to get the prezzy card.
“The funding for this divisive policy has been taken from Community Services Card funding. Labour is taking money from a scheme which benefits the economically vulnerable, to give it to a scheme which exclusively benefits mothers from one ethnic group.......
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA2308/S00021/act-will-put-an-end-to-race-based-healthcare.htm
Labour wants to end unfair differences in access to healthcare, it should start with the racial lottery it is deliberately creating,” says ACT Deputy Leader and Health spokesperson Brooke van Velden.
“Today in Parliament I revealed that pregnant mothers are receiving $50 prezzy cards simply for turning up to pregnancy assessments and 6-week assessments. The catch? You have to identify as Māori to get the prezzy card.
“The funding for this divisive policy has been taken from Community Services Card funding. Labour is taking money from a scheme which benefits the economically vulnerable, to give it to a scheme which exclusively benefits mothers from one ethnic group.......
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA2308/S00021/act-will-put-an-end-to-race-based-healthcare.htm