16 min ACC feature on National Radio: Focus on Politics

[twotyred]

excellent 16 minute report on ACC hikes

Parliamentary chief reporter, Jane Patterson, looks at the rise in ACC levies the Government's agreed to following massive protests from motorcyclists . Also there are accusations that ACC Minister Nick Smith has been scaremongering over what increases were required to keep the corporation solvent.

http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/fop/fop-20091211-1838-Focus_on_politics_for_11_December_2009-048.mp3

[Pedrostt500]

That was a good artical, had to laugh at J Judge and his 2 yr comment.

[scissorhands]

Its a well designed piece of propaganda...

[YellowDog]

Its a well designed piece of propaganda...
Well yes it was, but that is what governments do.

I am not from NZ so there are some cultural issues to get my head around. What now seems more reasonable to me could not in any way shape or form seem acceptable to some of my work colleagues.

I have benefitted from ACC in the past following a sporting injury. A first class private health service funded out of the public pocket.

If you were to ask the Yanks, the Poms, the Krauts or the Frogs; whom have health services I have used in the past, they would say that the entire concept of ACC is total madness.

Having spoken to people amd professionals from both sides of the fence, I am sort of changing my mind slightly. If everything is of the most expensive pricing (like ACC is) and free up to a limit, then this may well be as or more efficient than and overly beaurocratic private system, or a grossly inefficient state run public system.

It would be very interesting to run a study and compare the health systems of similar sized coutries to NZ. E.G. Denmark and Ireland.

[YLWDUC]

Thanks for the post!