Post by Kiwi Frontline on Mar 20, 2017 17:51:25 GMT 12
SCRIPTS TOO DEAR FOR RURAL MAORI
Te Taitokerau MP Kelvin Davis says prescription charges are a real impediment to healthcare.
Medication not being picked up or treatment courses not completed is regularly cited as a factor in poor Maori health outcomes.
Mr Davis says pharmacists in his electorate tell him they are subsidising patients who can't afford their prescriptions.
That means Maori aren't getting the medicines they need to get well.
"Before everyone jumps on their high horse and says they are probably smoking it and drinking it, that's not the case. we are talking about elderly, parents with young children, working people can't afford the medicines to keep them well.....
www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_story_id/MTU5MDk=/Scripts-too-dear-for-rural-Maori
Te Taitokerau MP Kelvin Davis says prescription charges are a real impediment to healthcare.
Medication not being picked up or treatment courses not completed is regularly cited as a factor in poor Maori health outcomes.
Mr Davis says pharmacists in his electorate tell him they are subsidising patients who can't afford their prescriptions.
That means Maori aren't getting the medicines they need to get well.
"Before everyone jumps on their high horse and says they are probably smoking it and drinking it, that's not the case. we are talking about elderly, parents with young children, working people can't afford the medicines to keep them well.....
www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_story_id/MTU5MDk=/Scripts-too-dear-for-rural-Maori
