On The Huddle: Health funding in this year’s budget 

The government will fund $22m to train 25 more doctors each year through the existing medical schools at Otago and Auckland universities. 

Although, Waikato University's plan for a new medical school - which had support from National - is not in the Budget. 

The Maxim Institute’s Tim Wilson told Jack Tame “It’s probably not the end of the world in the grand scheme of things, but it does fill out a narrative of a series of broken promises.” 

Former staffer for Jacinda Ardern Mike Munro said “50 doctors is not a lot – but we do need everything we can get right now.” 

Munro says “It comes back to the reckless promises they made in opposition.” 

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