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> A lot of these shortfalls have been artificially created Can you point to a link showing this? Officially: Our revised budget for 2024/25 is a $1.1 billi
by robocat 2y ago
> A lot of these shortfalls have been artificially created
Can you point to a link showing this?
Officially:
Our revised budget for 2024/25 is a $1.1 billion deficit. This is significantly lower than the $1.76 billion deficit we were heading towards without our cost reduction programme,” Ms Apa says
https://www.tewhatuora.govt.nz/corporate-information/news-and-updates/health-nz-end-of-year-deficit-confirmed https://www.tewhatuora.govt.nz/corporate-information/news-an...
- frio 2y agoI’m on my phone right now and getting search engines to limit their time frame in a mobile UI is tiresome, so I’ll do that when I’m back at a computer :) (but the core thing to do is compare projected budget under the previous govt and actual budget under this govt). Both of those numbers above are post-new budget. The budgeted “increase” in healthcare was less than the increases in population and inflation. It gets worse when we add in the fact that NZ has an aging population with requisite cost increases. This govt gave us tax cuts and restored billions of dollars in tax rebate for landlords which decreased the spending pool available for things like healthcare.
- robocat 2y agoHealthcare is insatiable: we can always spend more and most people feel awful for those that miss out (due to budget constraints). Choices need to be made, compromises decided. And everybody will complain that the decisions were wrong for them.