NHI

The Democratic Alliance in the Western Cape urges members of the public to vigorously interrogate and comment on the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill. Opportunities for public comment will close on 29 November 2019. The enactment of the Bill holds major threats to both the public and private healthcare sectors. “The enactment will centralize financing …

In a Standing Committee briefing on Wednesday, 11 September 2019, the Western Cape Provincial Department of Health compared and contrasted the current system of universal public healthcare, with the proposed National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill currently before the National Assembly. The Department came to the unanimous conclusion that NHI is unnecessary in the Western Cape …