Government faces backlash for failing to fund promised cancer treatments in Budget 2024 – 1News 31 May 2024

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In Budget 2024, the New Zealand government failed to fund 13 promised cancer treatments, leaving patients and advocacy groups devastated. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon defended the decision, citing budget constraints and blaming prior mismanagement, but critics, including cancer patient advocates, have called the broken promise “despicable” and a “life or death decision.”

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