Is Pharmac improving?
Russell Hutchinson checks back on two desperate families who sought to raise money to buy non-funded drugs to see how they got on.
The new government campaigned on a platform to increase access to medicines currently not funded by Pharmac and this theme has always been popular with the media.
Stories of desperate families hoping to save or extend the life of a loved one are heartrending. Two stories I followed last year, I checked back on.
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Life and health market outlook 2025
Everyone is telling us that there are a lot of lapses. Most reviews of the life sector say that there are some serious challenges: there are a lot of lapses and large numbers of people are uninsured, and not-great levels of new business.
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