There are two ways to reduce inequities: the rising tide lifting the lows, or pushing down the peaks. Both seek to level the playing field. The belief is that maybe in the middle is where services might actually end up, but myself and others do not believe this Labour Government has any chance of delivering that middle. The Government does not have a track record of delivering in health and even less of raising the base. What they do have is taxpayer money, and, as we have seen, the way they use it in health is more money, more bureaucrats, for worse outcomes. This Labour Government's ideological attempts to reduce inequities in health will simply drive services and outcomes to the lowest common denominator. That is where all will be equal—at the bottom. 