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Salient. Official Newspaper of the Victoria University Students' Association. Vol 42 No. 22. September 10 1979

"Every Area of the Economy must Pay"

"Every Area of the Economy must Pay"

The justification for the cuts to the health system are based on the assumption that in times of economic crisis, every area must "pull in their belt". But it is the taxpayer who is paying for the Welfare State and as such is entitled to something in return. Why should the taxpayer have to pay twice — once to the government to provide an inadequate public health system and secondly to an insurance company to "ensure" payment of adequate health care?

Cuts to health like those to education, primarily affect those who cannot afford to pay — students, lower-income families, solo mothers etc. The price New Zealanders will eventually have to pay is their health — a price we cannot afford.

Lindy Cassidy.