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1.  The "Reform" of the New Zealand Health System from 1991 to the present "In short, the ( Health Reform ) plan foundered because it did not deal with the realities of health care and the geography of New Zealand. No elements of the original plan to introduce competition and a "market" are now discernible. Rather than a market economy in health, what exists is a command economy. "The New Zealand reform teaches that to borrow elements of a health care system from other countries without replicating fully the environment which provides the reason, often arcane, of why it works for them, may be disastrous. "It also teaches that economic policy alone cannot provide a policy for health. Dr. Alister J. Scott , former spokesperson for the Coalition for Public Health		PDF FORMAT
2.  A View from the Counselling Room Business executives are paying a high prices for the economic reforms.   Dr John McEwan MA(Hons), Dip Tchng, LPC, PHd, Stress Consultant & Counsellor		PDF FORMAT