• David Palmer@lemmy.nz
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    1 year ago

    Such a great policy for so many reasons. Equitable access to dental care for everyone leads to significantly improved health outcomes overall.

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      1 year ago

      Agreed, and from the article, 3/4 of voters agree too! There’s no reason why teeth should be treated so differently to the rest of healthcare.

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        1 year ago

        The dental industry doesn’t want a single-payer at all. That’s the problem, all the experts in the field are operating in their own interests.

        Unfortunately ~49% of the population still think that “user-pays” is fair.

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      1 year ago

      Their tax policy was already announced regarding their wealth tax and income tax adjustments.

      Iirc very terse summary: 1.5% tax on net wealth > $4M; income tax reduction for <$125k pa incomes, tax increase for >$125k pa incomes.

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        1 year ago

        I know what it is, I find it disappointing Radio NZ didn’t even link to a story on the changes.

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        1 year ago

        You don’t think a link to one of radio NZ’s own stories on the tax would have been in order?

        Obviously I know what they’re referring to.

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          1 year ago

          Obviously I know what they’re referring to.

          Why did you ask then?

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            1 year ago

            I didn’t. I pointed out that RNZ made no mention of the actual tax changes in their story, which I think is somewhat slack on their behalf.

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      1 year ago

      This information is posted in many places. If you actually care to know, a quick Google search would have turned up many articles on their proposed tax changes. Here is one of many.

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        1 year ago

        You don’t think radio NZ should have linked to one of their own stories on the matter?

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            1 year ago

            It’s more a comment on Radio NZ’s reporting, I’d have expected them to link to their previous reporting on those changes.