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Cancel Top Public Health Position, Say Libz
21 July 2010
Libertarianz leader Richard McGrath suggested abolishing the director-general position at the Ministry of Health, in the wake of a struggle to find suitable applicants for the post.
Labour Fools No-One With Crocodile Tears
18 May 2010
Libertarianz leader Richard McGrath dismissed Ruth Dyson’s hysterical reaction to the attempts by Mid-Central DHB to control spending, saying that unless the Labour Party was willing to fund, from its own coffers, the services allegedly under threat, it should “shut its pie-hole.”
Health Rationing Delays Brain Tumour Diagnosis
12 May 2010
Libertarianz leader Richard McGrath says rationing access to state-funded MRI scan procedures is dangerous, and consideration by health minister Tony Ryall to allow GPs to request MRI scans directly is a sensible move, following the late diagnosis of a Blenheim woman’s brain tumour following bureaucratic delays.
Libz Back Hollywood Star's Denunciation of Socialised Medicine
23 November 2009
The Libertarianz Party has endorsed recent comments from actor Jon Voight condemning socialised health care.
Whose Health Is It Anyway?
05 November 2009
Libertarianz leader and Masterton GP Richard McGrath challenged Tony Ryall over the National-led government’s proposed Integrated Family Health Centres.
Banning Won’t Stop Tanning
30 July 2009
Libertarianz health spokesman Dr Richard McGrath said he shares the concern of his Auckland colleague, cancer surgeon Isaac Cranshaw, over the incidence of melanoma skin cancers, but feels a ban on sunbeds is not the best way to tackle this problem.
National Won’t Slaughter Mad Cow
30 May 2009
Libertarianz leader and Masterton GP Richard McGrath is disappointed, but not surprised, with the National Party’s multi-billion dollar support for command-and-control state-run health care in Thursday’s Budget.
Buzzword Bullshit Can’t Hide National’s Lack of Direction
08 March 2009
Libertarianz leader and health deregulation spokesman Richard McGrath today described the list of new words and phrases to be used by Health Ministry bureaucrats when dealing with the National Government as “more buzzword bullshit”.
Ryall Fiddles, While Doctors Burn Taxpayer Dollars
20 January 2009
Libertarianz leader and health spokesman Richard McGrath today
flagellated health minister Tony Ryall for his government's failure to
snuff out taxpayer handouts to traditional Maori healers.
Competition The Answer To Waiting List Woes
28 November 2008
Libertarianz health spokesman Richard McGrath has advised Health Minister Tony Ryall to heed his own words, and cut hospital emergency departments – and taxpayers - some slack.
Stop The Undignified Lolly Scramble
05 November 2008
"Healthcare is far too important to be left in government hands," declared Libertarianz health spokesman and Masterton GP Richard McGrath today, as he reiterated the principles behind, and details of, his party's health policies.
Political Bribery Is Nauseating
31 October 2008
Libertarianz health spokesman Richard McGrath says he felt queasy reading news of yet another vote-buying spend-up by the outgoing Labour-led government. "IHC are the latest pawns in this desperate attempt by Helen Mugabe – sorry, Helen Clark - to buy enough votes to cling onto power," said the Masterton GP.
Libz Welcome Private Radiotherapy Centre
29 October 2008
Libertarianz Health Spokesman Richard McGrath is delighted to welcome the arrival of the MercyAscot Radiotherapy Centre in Auckland next week.
Willie Jackson Refuses To Die Waiting
01 August 2008
Libertarianz spokesman Richard McGrath sent his party's best wishes to
broadcaster and former Alliance MP Willie Jackson, who earlier in the week had coronary bypass surgery performed at Mercy Hospital in Auckland.
Controls On Doctors Fees = Medical Slavery
31 July 2008
Libertarianz Health Spokesman Richard McGrath said today that any price
controls imposed on doctors for provision of after-hours services would be tantamount to nationalization of their businesses.
National Lurching Back To Muldoonism
26 June 2008
"National's list of core values is a sham," said Libertarianz health
spokesman Richard McGrath today, slamming his National Party counterpart,
Tony Ryall, who last week said a National Government would refuse to lift
existing price controls on the fees GPs can charge their patients. "They
claim to champion individual freedom and choice, competitive enterprise and
limited government. State controls on prices are none of the above."
Cunliffe's Hands-Off Attitude: Laudable
08 May 2008
According to Libertarianz spokesman Richard McGrath, the junior doctor's
strike is a matter for the doctors, their union and the hospitals to sort
out between themselves. "The government has no reason to interfere at this stage," said Dr McGrath.
"I applaud David Cunliffe's hands-off attitude."
Euthanase The Medical Council, Say Libz
27 February 2008
Libertarianz spokesman Richard McGrath today called for the Medical Council to be dissolved, in light of what he called its "total failure to investigate and supervise an incompetent, alcoholic, ex-jailbird gynaecologist." Dr McGrath, referring to Czech-trained surgeon Roman Hasil, blasted the Whanganui District Health Board and the Medical Council, but above all the Health Minister.
Doctors Need To Know Which Hospitals Are Unsafe
15 February 2008
Libertarianz Health Spokesman Richard McGrath says Health and Disabilities
Commissioner Ron Paterson needs to notify doctors and other referral
agencies which of the country's public hospitals are unacceptably unsafe.
Cunliffe Shouldn't Be Running The Show
15 February 2008
Libertarianz Health Spokesman Richard McGrath says the Health and Disability
Commissioner's damning indictment of New Zealand's public hospitals is the
first nail in the coffin for David Cunliffe.
Cunliffe Needs To Search His Soul
02 February 2008
Libertarianz spokesman Richard McGrath said Health Minister David
Cunliffe, the self-proclaimed 'socialist who can count', knows why
three Hawkes Bay people have died waiting for coronary bypass surgery.
Libz Lifts The Lid On Labour Lard-arses
21 November 2007
Libertarianz Health Spokesman Richard McGrath today pointed out the
hypocrisy of the Clark administration blocking the entry of British
woman Rowan Trezise on the grounds of obesity, when so many of its MPs
are heavyweights themselves.
Lost: One Spine, If Found Please Contact John Key
20 November 2007
"The National Party has abandoned its core values and embraced socialism in
its health discussion paper," said Libertarianz Health Spokesman and
Masterton GP Richard McGrath.
Wobblebottom MPs Should Be Stood Down
20 November 2007
In the wake of the New Zealand government refusing entry to British woman
Rowan Trezise because she is too fat, Libertarianz Health Spokesman Richard
McGrath has asked for all obese MPs to be sent home until they normalise
their weight.
Privatise Wellington Hospital!
08 November 2007
Libertarianz Health Spokesman Richard McGrath says radical measures
now need to be taken if Wellington Hospital is to be salvaged. "The
loss of another specialist from Capital & Coast DHB is a further
indication of the dysfunction and chaos that is inevitable under the
Marxist paradigm of rationed health care," he added.
Libz Back Senior Doctors Industrial Action
01 November 2007
The Libertarianz Party encouraged senior doctors to proceed with industrial action in support of claims for better pay and work conditions. Spokesman Dr Richard McGrath said his party will join the Council of Trade Unions in backing doctors all the way, even if this means strike action.
New Health Minister: "Socialist Who Can Count"
01 November 2007
Libertarianz spokesman Richard McGrath sees little hope for those dependent on the state for their health care, following the appointment of David Cunliffe as Health Minister. "In his maiden speech to parliament, David Cunliffe described himself as a 'socialist who can count'. Can he count the number of New Zealanders shoved back to their GPs from public hospitals because they have failed to even get an appointment with a specialist? Can he count the number who, taxed into poverty, have died on public hospital surgical waiting lists?"
National Lacks Integrity Over Health Sector Plans
28 September 2007
Libertarianz spokesman Richard McGrath today denounced the National Party's recently-announced health discussion paper, saying that John Key still wants to maintain state control of the embattled industry.
More Socialism Won't Resuscitate Dying Health Industry
30 July 2007
Libertarianz Health spokesman and Masterton GP Richard McGrath said
today that the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists should
cease their calls for more government interference in the health
system.
Should Adults Be Allowed To Drink?
05 November 2006
Should adults be allowed to drink? Libertarianz Spokesman on Drugs Dr. Richard Goode is pleased to answer this rhetorical question. "Of course they should! And," he continued, "if they're allowed to drink alcohol, then they should also be allowed to buy it."
Maori Healthcare Comments Miss Point
01 October 2006
Libertarianz spokesman Richard McGrath today endorsed some of Don Brash’s comments on Maori health, but said that subsidizing health care on the basis of “need” rather than race is still wrong.
Make HIV Treatment User-Pays
01 September 2006
Libertarianz Health Spokesman Dr Richard McGrath said today that the HIV-infected Zimbabwean immigrants should cover the health costs of any treatment they receive. "These people should be free to seek medical or other therapy, but the rest of us should not be forced to pay for it," he said.
Medical Council Simply Political Puppets, Says Doctor
25 July 2006
Health minister Pete Hodgson's veto of a duly elected Medical Council member demonstrates government corruption of the medical profession, says Libertarianz Health Spokesman Dr Richard McGrath. "Hodgson's hand-picked stooges on the Medical Council will have to make sure they toe the party line."
Capitulation By GPs Angers Libz
22 June 2006
Libertarianz spokesman and Masterton GP Richard McGrath expressed bitter disappointment at the negotiated settlement between doctor groups and the government.
Doctors Must Reject State Control
01 June 2006
Labour's latest attempt at price-fixing could drive many doctors into
retirement, said Masterton GP and Libertarianz health deregulation
spokesman Richard McGrath.
Stop Throwing Money At Wobble-bottoms and Rich Doctors
23 May 2006
Libertarianz health deregulation spokesman Richard McGrath today flayed Michael Cullen for subsidising fat people and children with rotten teeth, and for showering doctors with corporate welfare in last week's divvie-up of stolen wealth.
Health Taxes Not The Same As Health Insurance
26 April 2006
Libertarianz spokesman Richard McGrath today reminded New Zealanders that the money stolen from them by Inland Revenue to be later earmarked for health expenditure is not a form of health insurance for each taxpayer.
Hospitals Not To Blame For Waiting Lists
12 April 2006
Libertarianz health spokesman Richard McGrath sympathises with public hospitals who are having to shove people off surgical and other waiting lists.
Libz Party Spurns GP College's Statism
20 March 2006
Libertarianz health deregulation spokesman and Masterton doctor Richard McGrath says if GPs want to improve their lot they should be demanding less government control, not begging for more of it.
Coercive Psychiatry Must Stop, Says Libz
06 March 2006
Libertarianz spokesman Dr Richard McGrath says compulsory psychiatric treatment using drugs, electric shock and incarceration is a barbaric violation of human rights that should be stopped forthwith. Reacting to comments attributed to the Mental Health Commission, he said that people previously labelled as mentally ill have the same rights and responsibilities as everybody else.
Savage's monster running amok
02 March 2006
Libertarianz health deregulation spokesman Richard McGrath said the call by the Auckland DHB board chairman for replacement of experienced clinical staff with younger cheaper versions is a legacy of the socialized health monster created by the government of Michael Joseph Savage.
Libz Back Benson's Beach Bordello
31 January 2006
Libertarianz health deregulation spokesman Dr Richard McGrath says he can understand why his medical colleague, former Cooper's Beach GP Neil Benson, has chosen to set up a brothel in what used to be his medical rooms.
Govt control freaks making medical careers unattractive, say Libz
14 December 2005
Libertarianz health spokesman and general practitioner Richard McGrath believes worsening doctor shortages in New Zealand are a natural consequence of the nationalization of medical care seventy years ago and the failure by successive governments to fully deregulate the health sector since that time.
HEALTH WARNING: GOVERNMENTS MUCH MORE DANGEROUS THAN TOBACCO COMPANIES
24 November 2005
Libertarianz health deregulation spokesman Richard McGrath responded to the Smokefree Coalition's call for sanctions against universities accepting research funding from the tobacco industry by suggesting a moratorium on all government funding of research.
NZNO should stop pandering to bureaucrats
26 October 2005
Libertarianz health deregulation spokesman Dr Richard McGrath suggested that if the New Zealand Nurses Organisation really wanted better pay and conditions for workers in the aged care industry, it should abandon its support for state-run health and welfare, and employ caregivers directly so that it can pay them what they consider a fair wage.
Hospitals should charge for X-rays
26 October 2005
Libertarianz health deregulation spokesman Dr Richard McGrath applauded the Canterbury District Health Board for introducing optional user charges for patients wanting X-rays in their public hospitals.
Libz back lab test charges
26 October 2005
The Libertarianz Party threw its support behind Wellington District Health Board plans to charge private patients for laboratory tests, but said this should go even further and apply to public patients as well.
Stop maternity care subsidies, says Libz
26 October 2005
The Libertarianz Party's new health deregulation spokesman, Masterton GP Richard McGrath, reacted today to comments made by National spokesman Paul Hutchison about the near-extinction of GP obstetricians.
Advertising for health and profit
11 June 2004
"If it's not broken don't try to fix it," says Libertarianz spokesman for Health Deregulation Dr. Richard Goode today. His comments come in response to recent indications that the government is moving to ban direct-to-consumer advertising of "prescription" drugs.
Don't Count on National To Fix Health
24 March 2004
Libertarianz Deputy Stephen Berry thinks little of comments made by National Health spokesman Dr. Lynda Scott on obesity and District Health Boards. "It will take more than tinkering with DHBs and state bureaucracy to fix health issues in New Zealand. The change must be philosophical, not pragmatic," declares Berry, "and requires diminishing government nannying, not increasing it."
Don't ban alcohol biscuits, Sue. Just don't eat them!
05 February 2004
"Sue Kedgley should chill out and have a Kahlua bickie instead of trying to ban them" declared Libertarianz Spokesman on Fun Scott Wilson today. "She should be exercising her jaw in a more joyful way instead of once again taking her favourite 'b' word for a walk."
Health Minister Jumps On The Ban Wagon
19 January 2004
Health Minister Annette King proposes to inconvenience all New Zealanders by placing a total ban on remedies containing pseudoephedrine, warns Libertarianz Spokesman for Health Deregulation Dr. Richard Goode.
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