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Lessons from Middle Earth Health care in New Zealand.

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1 Lessons from Middle Earth Health care in New Zealand

2 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

3 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

4 “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

5 Kia Ora

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