[cmcaleer]

> A document on the equity adjustor which was leaked to Newstalk ZB shows two Māori patients, both aged 62 and who have been waiting more than a year, ranked above others on the list. A 36-year-old Middle Eastern patient who has been waiting almost two years has a much lower priority ranking.

If true, and there’s not make other factors at play here (like QoL) this is utterly indefensible and disgusting. Racism is not the solution to historic racism. I can’t believe I have to say this but there are ways to improve health outcomes for a group without resorting to racism.

[defrost]

There's an "in defence of" argument made by a former New Zealand Heath Director here:

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/kahu/rob-campbell-its-sickening-h...

He takes a full population and outcomes view that includes the large private health sector.

His argument is that overall Māori and Pasifika people experience poorly relative to other populations and barely feature at all in private health queues, therefore to achieve equality one arm of the health system has to cater more for Māori and Pasifika people to bring them up to parity and thus achieve equable outcomes for all in the bigger picture.