Will swapping Shane Reti for Simeon Brown make any difference?

Last night I chatted with Northland emergency doctor

Dr Gary Payinda

on the substack app for subscribers about whether the appointment of Simeon Brown to replace Shane Reti as Health Minister. We discussed whether the new minister can turn around decades of under-funding in real and per-capita terms.

Our chat followed his publication of this post:

NZ's population grows by 93,000 people a year. Why are all the politicians ignoring this?

After our chat, he posted this piece on his background and what he’s doing now.

If you want to know my story, here it is:

We also talked about his post from Saturday on privately provided healthcare.

Private for-profit healthcare seems to lead to lower staffing, higher death rates, and worse care overall. But is that so bad as long as it generates a handsome profit for its owners?

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