*PRESS RELEASE*
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Health
*Cunliffe's Hands-Off Attitude Laudable*
According to Libertarianz spokesman Richard McGrath, the junior doctors 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."
Dr McGrath will be releasing the Libertarianz transitional health policy this weekend at the party conference in
Auckland.
"There will be no surprises in that policy," he added. "I will be outlining how, over five years, we can free up the
market in health care by privatization and removal of those subsidies that give the public-run medical profession an
unfair advantage over its competitors."
"My policy would gradually shift ownership of decisions involving the purchase of health care from politicians and
bureaucrats back to individuals."
"This is totally consistent with the Libertarianz belief in less government intervention and more individual freedom
which very few, if any, other political parties seem to want for New Zealanders."
*ENDS*