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Harness private sector help for best possible NHI – HFA CEO
National Health Insurance (NHI) has the potential to make or break SA healthcare, depending on the strength of its foundation. But it will require...
Other options than NHI for quality UHC
One of the most damaging aspects of our public discourse on National Health Insurance (NHI) is the mistaken notion that the only two options...
Dose of reality splatters NHI fantasy
There are vague signs that some people in the higher echelons of government are beginning to catch on to the fact that the much...
NHI restructuring will impact 130 000 jobs
The inevitable restructuring process which will be kickstarted when the NHI comes into effect will see provinces losing their health functions and closing down...
Doctors' petition urges NCOP to reject NHI Bill
Doctors have lodged a last-ditch effort to stop the passing of the National Health Insurance Bill, which has been given the green light by...
UK's ‘best in the world’ NHS a good model for SA – Health Ombud
South Africa’s healthcare system, plagued by overcrowded hospitals, limited resources, and poor governance, can be fixed, believes outgoing Health Ombudsman Malegapuru Makgoba – but...
More NHI appointments approved
Full implementation of the National Health System was likely to take decades, according to its deputy director-general Nicholas Crisp, who announced this week that...
Medicare boss warns of skills migration when NHI rolls out
The UK’s National Health Service, with its drastic personnel shortage, is actively recruiting staff, and with South Africa’s highly valued work ethic and medical...
Minister’s powers in NHI ‘unconstitutional’
One of the many highly contentious issues of the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill has been the overarching power to be vested in the...
‘No way to fund the NHI’ – Discovery CEO
Critics say while there is a need to change South Africa’s abysmal health system, there were far better options for doing this than the National...
NHI pilots point to critical fault lines
Before plunging into its own concept of universal health care (UHC), and the implementation of the National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme, the government and...
Conflicting legal views present another hurdle in NHI Bill discussions
Parliament's Health Committee has received conflicting legal opinions on the National Health Insurance Bill, leaving MPs with an unexpected headache as they finalise deliberations...
NHI not being built on any one country’s model – Crisp
South Africa’s National Health Insurance (NHI) is not being modelled on the UK’s National Health Service (NHS), and reaction to Health Minister Joe Phaahla’s...
NHI inadequate for medicines provision, warns lobby group
The National Health Insurance (NHI) plan has inadequate provisions for medicines, posing a risk to everyone’s access to treatments, the Health Justice Initiative (HJI)...