A call for genuine accountability: How do I explain health equity to the ACT Party and Mr Luxon?

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A call for genuine accountability: How do I explain health equity to the ACT Party and Mr Luxon?

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Lucy O'Hagan

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Genuine access to healthcare is only equal in theory and political slogans, writes the author [Image: James Eades on Unsplash]

Lucy O’Hagan, drawing on personal experience, pens an impassioned letter to the incoming government not to disestablish Te Aka Whai Ora in the interests of genuine equity in healthcare

I read half of an article on health policy by ACT’s Brooke van Velden and felt sort of dizzy with rage. It was a deceptively compelling appeal to the