Govt prescribes stiff medicine for some beneficiaries while easing access to drugs containing pseudoephedrine
One of two new announcements on the government’s official website – given plenty of publicity by the mainstream media over the past 24 hours – has been pitched as the first steps in a “reset” of the welfare system. Stiff medicine for beneficiaries, in effect.
The second announcement, released today, is loftily portrayed by Associate Health Minister David Seymour as the deliverance of greater freedom and choice for sick New Zealanders.
