Another area of growing disparity in health that is needed is Pharmac. People are struggling to survive as they can't even afford life-saving drugs such as for cancer and spina bifida, which are publicly funded in similar countries. These people are disproportionately Māori, who are even less likely to afford drugs that aren't funded by Pharmac. In this Budget, Pharmac received $200 million of new funding over the next four years. We acknowledge this as a step forward; however, the call has been loud to double the Pharmac budget, with an increase to $400 million a year. Many of our whānau, including Patient Voice Aotearoa and chair Malcolm Mulholland, who I mihi to, have been among those leading this advocacy. On 12 May, just a few weeks before the Budget, we heard the karanga of patients and advocates in delivering a 100,000-strong petition calling for the doubling of Pharmac's budget. I think of young 13-year-old Casey with spina bifida, and this Budget has fallen short.