2500-3000 more healthcare staff expected to be fired, as Shane Reti blames Labour for a budget deficit that happened on his watch

When will the old trick of blaming Labour end, against all odds and all facts?

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Although National increased the health budget by $1.4 billion in May, they used an old funding model to project health system costs, and never bothered to update their pre-election numbers. They were told during the Health Select Committees earlier in the year their budget amount was deficient, but they ignored that. This is likel…