[...]“Underfunded!” is the single most overused criticism by patients, excuse by the DHBs or attack by politicians. Whoever utters it, for whatever reason, is wrong because nobody can objectively measure or define what ‘under-funded’ means. In order to do that, they must present what fully funded is and nobody ever has.

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Stephen Berry is a former Act candidate and Auckland Mayoral candidate. The libertarian political commentator retired as a politician in July 2020 and now hosts the Mr Berry Mr Berry Show on Youtube.