Health Minister on #fowlsite: "Andrew Little
@#AndrewLittleMP
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Dec 4
.@#nzlabour inherited a chronically underfunded health system. Since 2017 our government has increased the #medicines budget by 43%, letting #Pharmac make more than 200 medicines available - including now #Trikafta"

Could do more, though, #AndrewLittle. I don't mind a small #incomeTax or#GST rise (or a #capitalGains tax) if it will be well spent on #health. .

I don't remember which open source conference it was (#linuxconfau or OSDC), except being in Auckland, but I certainly remember the touching video and the positive attitude of the young women with #cysticfibrosis despite such incredible hardship.

It is too many years later, but it really brought a tear to my eye to read that the critical drug suffers need to live a much more normal life is finally to be funded here in NZ by #pharmac

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/130656193/historic-moment-as-pharmac-strikes-deal-to-fund-cystic-drug-trikafta