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	Podcast:		Checkpoint
	Episode:		Cancer patients forced to cash in KiwiSaver to fund treatments
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:07:35
	Publish Date:		2025-09-19 05:08:00
	Description:		KiwiSaver is becoming less of a retirement fund, and more of a life saver for some cancer patients forced to use it to pay for treatments not funded or not available here. Robert Moffitt was diagnosed with blood cancer in 2022, and a specialist recommened Daratumumab, which isn't funded in New Zealand, costing hundreds of thousands of dollars, forcing him to cash in his KiwiSaver. Robert Moffit spoke to Lisa Owen.
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