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Rush to push through NHI Bill before ANC conference – but key questions still unanswered

Parliament’s ANC-dominated Health Committee is racing to complete its work on the contentious National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill, determined to get it through the...

A ‘Crisp’ rendition of SA’s NHI

South Africa’s two-and-a-half year COVID ordeal exposed both the ugly underbelly of the country's grossly unequal healthcare system – and the dire need for...

Strong support for curbs to Health Minister’s powers in proposed NHI

That the Minister of Health is vested with excessive powers is a central concern of many submissions on the proposed National Health Insurance Bill,...

Submissions: NHI Bill has serious constitutional and human rights implications

An assessment of 117 submissions to the public hearings on the contentious National Health Insurance Bill (NHI) – collated by the Parliamentary Monitoring Group...

ANC says NHI Bill is next best thing to the Cuban solution

While the ANC was of the view that the Cuban national health system, “the best in the world”, this was at present regrettably beyond...

Mediclinic Group’s grave warnings to Parliament over NHI Bill

Private hospital group Mediclinic warned in its submission to Parliament’s Health portfolio committee that the proposed National Health Insurance (NHI) system may be unconstitutional,...

SAMA's warnings on NHI Bill met with hostility

The SA Medical Association told parliamentarians  that thousands of local doctors may emigrate if the NHI is adopted in its current form, reports MedicalBrief. It...

COVID-19 will shine spotlight on inequality in SA's health sector

In developed countries, the strongest predictors of dying from COVID-19 are advanced age and pre-existing health conditions, writes Dr Tom Boyles on Daily Maverick....

Many not grasping what NHI will entail – Afriforum

The travesty is not that income level determines access to quality healthcare, writes Dr Eugene Brink, of Afriforum, on Politicsweb. "The real travesty is...

NHI roadshows show 'poor health services horror' facing ordinary citizens

The National Health Insurance (NHI) roadshows currently crossing the country amply illustrate the horror ordinary citizens suffer under poorly delivered public health services, says...

Medical profession's opposition to NHI Bill grows

The medical profession is becoming more outspoken in its criticisms of the National Health Insurance Bill among growing concerns over large-scale emigration. The SA...

SA can afford health coverage for all — UK expert

It is "patently false" that SA cannot afford the reforms contemplated in the NHI Bill, writes Robert Yates, head of the Centre of Global...

Foundation calls for withdrawal of 'grossly inadequate' NHI Bill

It is not the principle of universal health coverage which is the problem, but the manner in which government is trying to implement it,...

Parliament delays decision on whether to read NHI submissions

The National Assembly’s Health Committee will only consider how to manage the vast volume of written submissions it has received in response to the...

Discovery Health outlines its 'unequivocal' position on NHI

Much debate has taken place around the proposed National Health Insurance Bill (NHI), writes Discovery Health online. Our overall position on NHI is unequivocal.  We...

Impartiality of 'politicised' NHI hearings called into question

A recent public hearing on the National Health Insurance Bill has been criticised by civil society activists as "an ANC rally ... a sham",...

SA's individual taxpayers will bear the brunt of the NHI

There has been a sharp decline in individual taxpayers over the past few years, while their tax burden has increased substantially. The National Health...

Mkhize says a 'hard fight' ahead to improve SA's 'low quality ‘ healthcare

Parliament has called for public submissions on the “constitutionally aligned” National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill, writes  Legalbrief Policy Watch. Conceding that government “will need...

Tiresome use of 'transformation' to hide NHI's potential for patronage

Introduce the word “transformation” into any policy discussion and you don’t need to rely on actual evidence or rational argument, writes Alex van den...

The NHI must be fought not only on the detail, but on the principle

The problem with the typical response to the proposed National Health Insurance system is that s to say “we agree with the principle, but...