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Comment: Free healthcare is a human right

Comment: Free healthcare is a human right

17 May 2013 00:00 - Louis Reynolds
Healthcare that is accessible to all is the foundation on which an equitable and efficient system must be built.
Doctors give NHI a qualified thumbs up

Doctors give NHI a qualified thumbs up

03 May 2013 00:00 - Ina Skosana, Amy Green, Mia Malan,
GPs with their own practices are interested in working for the NHI scheme – with caveats.
'Let private skills come to NHI's aid'

'Let private skills come to NHI's aid'

03 May 2013 00:00 - Mia Malan
Mia Malan reports on the challenges of involving medical schemes in the administration of the National Health Insurance scheme.
NHI pioneers new payment system

NHI pioneers new payment system

26 Apr 2013 00:00 - Ina Skosana, Amy Green, Mia Malan,
In the first of a two-part series about the NHI, Mia Malan reports on state plans to change the rigid reimbursement formula for private doctors.
Comment: Take care over the next hill

Comment: Take care over the next hill

19 Apr 2013 00:00 - Daygan Eager
What, if anything, does the private healthcare sector have to offer the rural poor?
Health sector cleared for surgery

Health sector cleared for surgery

15 Mar 2013 11:54 - Mia Malan
An industry-wide probe into private healthcare seems likely, but stakeholders fear a witch hunt.
Promoting good health makes cents

Promoting good health makes cents

15 Mar 2013 11:20 - Savera Kalideen
The establishment of a health promotion body in SA would save lives – and billions of rands.
Economic policy: The poor still lose

Economic policy: The poor still lose

01 Mar 2013 00:00 - Daygan Eager
Rural areas have always been at the bottom of the list when it comes to healthcare and expenditure.
'National Health Insurance wants cheap labour'

'National Health Insurance wants cheap labour'

01 Feb 2013 00:00 - Mia Malan
Private doctors have accused the health minister and the Health Professions Council of South Africa of a having a "hidden agenda"
Healthcare needs surgery if NHI is to work

Healthcare needs surgery if NHI is to work

12 Oct 2012 00:00 - Anso Thom
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has been on a long-overdue mission to transform SA's health system since he took office more than three years ago.
Ensure the NHI is fit for women

Ensure the NHI is fit for women

31 Aug 2012 00:00 - Sethembiso Mthembu, Mandisa Mbali,
The National Health Insurance could be vital in comprehensively improving women's health, but only if it is designed to do so from the outset.
Access for all is social priority

Access for all is social priority

22 Jun 2012 13:05 - Hoosen Coovadia
National Health Insurance is about providing universal coverage as well as building cohesion, writes Hoosen Coovadia
NHI budget comments confuse health researchers

NHI budget comments confuse health researchers

24 Feb 2012 01:19 - Faranaaz Parker
Although the National Health Insurance scheme is set to go ahead, researchers have been left confused by the finance minister's budget speech.

Phasing in of NHI could be key to its success

28 Oct 2011 00:00 - Lisa Steyn
The National Health Insurance (NHI) initiative is expected to take 14 years to phase in and will cost about R500-million for the pilot stage alone.
NHI unlikely to affect private care

NHI unlikely to affect private care

30 Sep 2011 00:00 - Mia Malan
The proposed NHI scheme will not have an impact on the demand for private health cover if the quality of public healthcare remains dire.
NHI 'no cure for sick public facilities'

NHI 'no cure for sick public facilities'

02 Sep 2011 17:15 - Ilham Rawoot
National Health Insurance won't solve the core problems of the shortage of doctors and gross mismanagement of hospitals, doctors say.
Where public meets private

Where public meets private

02 Sep 2011 16:55 - Mia Malan
The NHI could learn a thing or two from Settlers' Hospital in Grahamstown.

Healthcare is minister's most critical patient

26 Aug 2011 00:00 - Sponsored Feature
Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi's "to do" list is arguably the most daunting of any minister in Cabinet.

NHI: History repeats itself

26 Aug 2011 00:00 - Gavin Mooney
Universal healthcare schemes traditionally have been met with fierce opposition.

Follies the NHI should avoid

19 Aug 2011 00:00 - Nkaki Matlala
The frenzy of public debate, suspicion and negativity across the social, economic and ideological divides that has torn South Africans apart.

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