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Greetings to all MyHealth / NZHT newsletter subscribers.

NZ Health Trust – Newsletter No. 6 October 2004

The following analysis by Amy Adams – advisor to the NZHT - as sent recently to all opposition parties is well worth reading and will keep you up to date with Labour's continued deception of the negative effects of the proposed joint agency. 

Below is the first of 8 pages, It is in response to the Governments response to the HSC report on the Treaty. For the full document click on the link at the bottom of this page.

Amy has done a great job in all respects on analysing the Govt report, especially in identifying Labour's continued attempts at deception and spin.

Be assured – we continue to work hard to stop this harmonization proposal, and with your continued support we are confident of success.

Kindest regards,

Dave Sloan
NZHT

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ANALYSIS OF THE GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSE TO THE REPORT OF THE HEALTH SELECT COMMITTEE ON THE THERAPEUTIC PRODUCTS TREATY WITH AUSTRALIA


NEW ZEALAND HEALTH TRUST – SEPTEMBER 2004

INTRODUCTION

The Government response to the Health Select Committee's report continues the theme of all Government material released in this matter

That is to say the Government response:

  • continues to assert highly controversial matters as fact without providing any evidence for them;
  • fails once again to provide any justifiable basis for including complementary health care products within the same regime as that controlling pharmaceutical products;
  • bluntly asserts that the new agency would be no less accountable to New Zealanders than a stand alone New Zealand agency when this is patently incorrect; and
  • sets out a number of untruths and half truths deliberately designed to lull the industry, consumers and Members of the House into supporting its proposal.
In addition this Government response makes it clear that the Government has no intention of following the specific requirements of the Health Select Committee in a number of important regards because, as the New Zealand Health Trust has repeatedly said, the Government cannot meet the requirements of both Health Select Committee reports whilst still implementing the terms of its deal with Australia as set out in the Treaty signed in December of last year. This paper will consider the Government response under the following headings:
  • Scope of the proposed agency
  • Accountability
  • Justification
  • Misleading statements contained in the Government response
  • Areas where the Government has indicated that it has no intention of following the Select Committee recommendations.

To read the full PDF document click on the link below.
http://www.nzhealthtrust.co.nz/pdf/DOC040924.pdf?OpenDocument 

or you can also click here to go to our document page on the NZHT web site and open the PDF intitiled "NZHT response to the Governments response to Report of the Health Select Committee"

Yours Sincerely,
Dave Sloan
NZHT

 
 

 

 
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