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	Podcast:		Checkpoint
	Episode:		Calls for government to deliver promise to back unfunded blood cancer medicine
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:02:53
	Publish Date:		2025-09-15 05:08:00
	Description:		There are calls for the government to settle an unpaid debt, a promise made by National to blood cancer sufferers, desperate for access to drugs not funded in Aotearoa. On the election campaign, National pledged to fund a list of medications for solid cancer tumours. It was forced to make good on that, following public backlash over a lack of action. But it had also given assurances about closing the medicine gap for blood cancer patients too, yet two years on they're still dying for it to deliver.
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