16 Apr 2024

Demand for private health insurance grows

From Morning Report, 8:19 am on 16 April 2024

Senior doctors at public hospitals debated asking Te Whatu Ora to pay for private health insurance for them, the vote to include it in a union claim got more than 40 percent backing but not the majority it needed to pass. Association of Salaried Medical Specialists' executive director Sarah Dalton spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.