Healthcare has always been one of the battleground issues in New Zealand politics.
MPs love to sling mud over what the other party has or hasn’t done in terms of building hospitals or paying nurses properly. The current Government has made a big deal out of funding our healthcare further, with $30 billion assigned in last year’s budget.
But given how much attention is paid to healthcare, why does it always seem to be in crisis?
Today, BusinessDesk investigations editor Victoria Young joins to discuss their series, and how effective our health spending is.
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