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No plans yet for NHI funding through taxes – Treasury
It will take years for the National Health Insurance (NHI) fund to be established, and even longer for the scheme to roll out services,...
Motsoaledi must come clean on NHI funding
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi’s statement that no other countries did costing estimations when planning their universal healthcare policies is false, according to Dr Karl...
NHI legal challenge 'discriminatory', Minister argues
Another major healthcare group has called for collaboration between the state and private sector, but, writes MedicalBrief, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi is digging in...
Netcare calls for more public-private partnerships
As an alternative to NHI, a swifter solution for South Africa’s healthcare issues could potentially come from more collaboration between the private sector and...
Nearly 2 000 SA hospitals not ready for NHI
Most of the public healthcare facilities in the country – more than 60% – are not compliant with the necessary standards to be considered...
BHF’s legal challenge to NHI taken to ‘wrong court’, says Presidency
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s legal team has attacked the Board of Healthcare Funders’ (BHF) challenge to the National Health Insurance (NHI) Act on technical grounds,...
ANC and DA Ministers in GNU Cabinet dust-up over NHI
Disagreement over the National Health Insurance (NHI) – coming hard on the heels of a third legal case launched against the Act this month...
NHI Act fails to address high medicines prices
The National Health Insurance Act does not deal with the systemic issues that cause high prices and inequity in medicine access, and government is...
Three possible future scenarios for NHI
The National Health Insurance will take decades to implement, government has said, but some experts wonder if the scheme will ever get off the...
Government plays for time on NHI court cases
Will government consider amendments to the National Health Insurance (NHI) Act? As government lawyers seek more time to respond to two lawsuits against the...
Health Department dithering over HMI, says BHF
The National Department of Health has denied dragging its heels over plans to make the cost of healthcare more affordable, after the Board of...
Mamelodi Hospital meets NHI standards
The Gauteng Department of Health has declared Mamelodi Regional Hospital the first hospital in Gauteng to meet National Health Insurance (NHI) standards after a...
Discovery chief believes NHI solutions may be possible
Discovery Health says it is “cautiously optimistic” that the government and business can find solutions to the contentious NHI Bill, which plans to squeeze...
Business buoyed by Presidential NHI meeting, and request for proposals
There’s a hint of optimism among Business Unity SA (Busa) members after a Presidential meeting that was held on Tuesday, with the organisation saying...
Finding the common ground for NHI
There have been unanimous calls for the health needs of all South Africans to be seen as a priority, and for public sector and...
Motsoaledi slams NHI sceptics and scaremongers
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi says private sector players are inflating the estimated cost of the NHI in attempts to “scare people off” the plan.
He...
HASA urges mandatory medical aid enrolment to reduce public load
The Hospital Association of SA (Hasa) has predicted a massive 50% rise in spending on people reliant on public healthcare, and called for the...
Class divisions inhibit honest conversations about the NHI
Class divisions in South Africa, particularly the perspectives held by the so-called middle class, have long posed barriers to honest conversations about the struggles...
First NHI draft regulations set for release
As the first draft regulations for the National Health Insurance Act are soon to be released for public comment, stakeholders who say their previous...
Health compact signed minus key stakeholders
Deputy President Paul Mashatile signed the Presidential health compact last week despite the boycott by various medical and business organisations, and without acknowledging the...
Motsoaledi stands firms on medical aids under the NHI
Once the NHI is fully rolled out, medical aids will only be allowed to cover top-up services for which it doesn’t pay, and this...
Politicising SA’s health through NHI
The NHI is becoming a tool for political and factional battles, potentially rendering productive, logical debate on its future – and on the urgency...
DA reconsiders NHI court challenge
The DA appears to be reconsidering its intention to challenge the NHI Bill in the Constitutional Court since its entry into the Government of National Unity (GNU), with...
Organised business slams NHI emphasis in health compact
Business Unity South Africa (Busa) has objected to the emphasis placed on NHI in the second presidential health compact due to be signed today,...
Minister opens up NHI discussions with roadshow
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi will undertake a “massive roadshow” on the National Health Insurance in efforts, he says, to meet all stakeholders and understand...
Certificate of need ruling not linked to NHI – Minister
The scathing judgment by the High Court declaring sections of the National Health Act unconstitutional, was not related to the NHI and attempts to...
How SA can transform NHI into universal healthcare, successfully
The official passing of the NHI Act, which has stirred enormous debate, has the potential to be the most transformative health policy since our...
Long and pot-holed road to NHI
If the government’s goal of quality universal healthcare for all South Africans is to be attained, it should involve the inclusion of private health...
Business group upbeat after Ramaphosa’s NHI comments
Business Unity South Africa (BUSA) is encouraged by President Cyril Ramaphosa’s recent promises to “resolve differences” and “bring stakeholders together” on the thorny NHI...
Private healthcare corruption costs billions, says Motsoaledi
Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi said investigations have been launched into private sector corruption resulting from medical aid fraud, inflated prices for procedures and...
Motsoaledi to increase push for NHI
Newly-appointed Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi is determined to forge ahead with National Health Insurance (NHI), despite legal challenges and opposition from some quarters, saying...
Taxpayers fear migrating doctors, worse care, with NHI
An overwhelming majority of taxpayers believe the NHI will have a negative impact in South Africa, and trigger an exodus of doctors as well...
NHI tug-o'-war for GNU and new Minister
The National Health Insurance (NHI) poses one of the biggest challenges for the new Health Minister and the government of national unity (GNU), whose...
Government's NHI claims are 'fallacies', says BHF
Many of the government’s statements denigrating private healthcare and medical aids – and why it is so critical that South Africa needs National Health...
Health funders flag poverty, quality of care, in NHI challenges
While everyone wants the NHI to work effectively, the numerous challenges ahead will require collaboration with stakeholders and additional consideration given to workable reforms,...
Digital strategy and working with private sector vital for NHI: Health DG
Digital tracking systems used during the pandemic will drive the National Health Insurance – which “still needs a lot of work, and will require...
Solidarity says NHI legal battle lines drawn
Solidarity’s court application against NHI was opposed last week by President Cyril Ramaphosa, who had officially given notice that he would oppose it –...
Pinning down the real cost of the NHI: SA tax expert
Implementing the National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme will cost South Africa trillions, and while it is still unclear how it will be funded, early...
NHI will make it harder to attract skilled staff – law firm
With the signing of the National Health Insurance (NHI) Act into law, it may eventually become harder for companies trying to attract talent, according...
NHI criticism unfounded, says outgoing Health Committee chair
Fairness is at the heart of the NHI Bill, and most criticism is unfounded, says Dr Kenneth Jacobs, outgoing chairperson of the National Assembly’s...