ACT Sets Achievable Path To Close Medicines Gap With Australia“No Kiwi should have to empty their savings, uproot their family, or leave the country to get medicines Australians receive as a matter of course,” says ACT Leader David Seymour, announcing ACT’s policy for medicines funding. “When it comes to making a policy promise on medicines funding, I know they can’t be made lightly, and they must be achievable. It’s a clear and simple idea that will close our medicines funding gap with Australia. Advertisement - scroll to continue reading“ACT will put New Zealand on a pathway to close the 7 per cent medicines gap with Australia. The problem is that governments have forced it to deliver first-world healthcare on a second-rate medicines budget.