However, were districts to adopt policies that allowed administrators to dismiss teachers according to their
effectiveness rather than their seniority, they could lay off fewer teachers, achieve the same budgetary savings, and increase the
overall efficacy of their teaching force.
This brought cuts to public hospital funding and a proposal for a GP co-payment: hallmarks of policy measures geared around reducing health expenditure
rather than impacts on people and what was best for the sustainability and
effectiveness of the health system
overall.