Posts by Sacha
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Access: Disability as a wicked policy problem, in reply to
IHC's newsletter tells me the Think Differently funding ceased on 30 June. Wonder what their $5m over 5 years achieved?
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Speaker: House prices and the "Magic Money", in reply to
Kia ora. Thank you for popping by.
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Speaker: House prices and the "Magic Money", in reply to
Could property investment be being made from fund managers?
I sure hope not, if a correction happens.
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Polity: Land of the brave little kids, in reply to
I'm a stroppy person, and I'm told I project a certain confidence, and I bet my bottom dollar Judi did too
yep
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Polity: Land of the brave little kids, in reply to
Have not been privy to conversations but I believe Ron is carrying out that responsibility for Judi. As architects of the HDC Code and its execution, the experience must have been upsetting for both of them given how long our health system has had to lift its game.
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Polity: Land of the brave little kids, in reply to
more likely it's because Cancer
Even they don't have things sorted yet. Current Ombudsman and former Health and Disability Commissioner Ron Paterson delivered a great presentation recently about the experience of our late colleague Judi Strid as she dealt with cancer as a patient rather than an advocate - 12pg transcript or ..
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Polity: Too much to swallow on the TPP, in reply to
And that's without the impact of greater 'openness' to contest (and delay) Pharmac's buying decisions, which big pharma has wanted for ages. Guess who can afford the most lawyers?
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Polity: Too much to swallow on the TPP, in reply to
They have known this all along. Longer patent periods mean more NZ Health funding going into big pharma’s pockets. That means less for everything else if government increases its subsidy, or higher user charges if it doesn't.
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Polity: Too much to swallow on the TPP, in reply to
True, TISA covers overlapping ground already (from what little of TPP we've had leaked). It's all a big grab for corporate control over governments rather than the other way around.
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Polity: Too much to swallow on the TPP, in reply to
Ones like Opus
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