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Lessons from Middle Earth Health care in New Zealand
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Page 1: Lessons from Middle Earth Health care in New Zealand.

Lessons from Middle EarthHealth care in New Zealand

Page 2: Lessons from Middle Earth Health care in New Zealand.

The Good• Fair: all Kiwis get “a fair go” in life• Comprehensive: Most Kiwis don’t opt to add

private insurance• Affordable: specialty care fully covered;

varying co-pays for GP care, $5NZ for many prescription meds; accidental injury and “medical misadventures” fully covered

• Accessible: 20 DHB’s funded by MoH• Collaborative: specialists encouraged (and

paid) to coordinate care with GP’s• Effective: life expectancy #24 vs. US #51

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The “Not So Good”

• Comprehensive…but excludes adult dental care, optometry, much ambulance transport and treatment. Long term care asset tested. Co-pays for physiotherapy, chiropractic, complementary medicine.

• GP co-pays • Wait lists for elective surgeries• Missed appointment frequency high

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“The American system is gloriously free

(and we cherish our liberty and freedom more than ever)

but it is not very fair.”

David Hackett Fischer, 2012

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