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# Discrimination of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/discrimination-of-the-day-12/
- Published: 2021-08-07T21:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-08-06T21:19:32.000Z
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: Health, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 01:54

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Medical Apartheid. Cartoon credit BoomSlang. The BFD.

> So yesterday I went to my 3 monthly doctors checkup, (my doctor is a happy Muslim chappy and we quite often stray into politics and other non medical matters, he was saying he has just sold 3 out of 4 of his rental houses, due to the government’s regulations and is leaving his 4th empty fir its capital gain) but I digress.  
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> 6 weeks ago he changed my diabetic medication to better manage it, and it is working, he now wishes to try a new drug that he says will bring further benefits, not only to my diabetes but also to weight management and heart health…..**but there is a catch**, and he asked me wether I had any ( to quote him “any Maori” in me) as if I did the new medication was free, if not the cost would be $90.00 per month.  
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> I can easily afford the $90.00 per month, but what if I was a struggling older pale male, is this a forerunner of our “new” health system based on race!!!  
>  
> **[Mrgrumpy](https://disqus.com/by/disqus%5FqSou5VrDPo/?ref=goodoil.news)**

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The BFD. Cartoon credit SonovaMin

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**Let’s highlight the racism and discrimination inside New Zealand together because it is NOT OK!**

> There is NOTHING positive about discrimination.

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