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Should MPs have to use public healthcare while in office?

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Fri, 25 Jul 2025, 11:21am
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Should MPs have to use public healthcare while in office?

Author
九一星空无限talk ZB,
Publish Date
Fri, 25 Jul 2025, 11:21am

Belief politicians should have skin in the public health system game.  

Health workers have signed an open letter asking MPs to voluntarily waive private healthcare for themselves and their families while in office. 

It says healthcare becomes personal when politicians rely on the same EDs, waitlists, and services as everyone else. 

Former Health NZ Chair Rob Campbell told Andrew Dickens MPs won鈥檛 give up their healthcare any more than they鈥檇 turn down their next pay rise, but it does highlight a point. 

He says that it highlights the fact that if you don鈥檛 deal with the problem, you鈥檙e probably not going to effectively deal with the problem. 

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