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Polokwane resolution #8: National health insurance

Polokwane resolution #8: National health insurance

14 Dec 2012 11:00 - Mmanaledi Mataboge
As the ANC goes to its elective conference in Mangaung, we look at the resolutions made at the 2007 Polokwane conference. What have they achieved?
Doctors glum over SA health plan

Doctors glum over SA health plan

23 Nov 2012 15:12 - Andrew Good
Medical practitioners are pessimistic about healthcare in South Africa, says new study.
Health minister slams 'tender care' system

Health minister slams 'tender care' system

13 Sep 2012 12:25 - Faranaaz Parker
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has decried the replacement of the healthcare system in Gauteng, Limpopo and the Eastern Cape with "tender-care".
NDP scraps increases linked to pupils' performance

NDP scraps increases linked to pupils' performance

15 Aug 2012 11:46 - Sapa
A revised version of the NDP has been handed to President Jacob Zuma, with changes to key issues like salaries, the economy and cadre deployment.
Low potential for NHI success in rural health

Low potential for NHI success in rural health

04 Jun 2012 11:00 - Mia Malan
A lack of basic services will leave an already crippled system unable to cope with the additional red tape.
NHI seen as catch-all solution

NHI seen as catch-all solution

30 May 2012 19:52 - Sapa
A public health expert says the National Health Insurance scheme is seen as a solution to all health system ills, to the detriment of other policies.

Gauteng health says Tshwane is ready for NHI rollout

22 Apr 2012 17:13 - Staff Reporter
Gauteng health minister Ntombi Mekgwe says Tshwane is ready for implementation of the national health insurance scheme pilot phase.
Motsoaledi launches NHI pilot programme

Motsoaledi launches NHI pilot programme

22 Mar 2012 18:29 - Staff Reporter
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi says Pretoria will be one of 10 districts selected for a National Health Insurance pilot programme from April 1.
Unhealthy hole in the fiscus

Unhealthy hole in the fiscus

24 Feb 2012 00:00 - Editorial
The healthcare system has the middle-income earners in a tight spot between high private costs and terrible state facilities.
Delivery issues plague NHI before it even begins

Delivery issues plague NHI before it even begins

21 Feb 2012 06:32 - Nickolaus Bauer
Pravin Gordhan will address funding in his budget speech, but analysts say money is the least of the national health insurance scheme's problems.
Foreign doctors hold out a lifeline

Foreign doctors hold out a lifeline

03 Feb 2012 00:00 - Comment
Without their presence South Africa's national health insurance cannot be implemented successfully to provide quality healthcare.

ANC slams 'pretentious' DA over NHI stance

07 Dec 2011 16:49 - Staff Reporter
The ANC has slated a DA statement on the national health insurance, calling the party pretentious for saying the poor would suffer more under the NHI.
Too many faults with NHI proposal, says DA

Too many faults with NHI proposal, says DA

05 Dec 2011 18:17 - Andisiwe Makinana
The DA has criticised the proposed National Health Insurance scheme, saying the green paper doesn't address the major problems.

Overseeing the wellbeing of medical aids

02 Dec 2011 00:00 - Sponsored Feature
With healthcare costs spiralling out of control the prognosis for South Africa's 110 medical aid schemes hardly seems a picture of health.

Vavi charts long road to NHI

20 Nov 2011 07:37 - Staff Reporter
There is a long way to go before the National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme can become a reality, Cosatu said on Saturday.
Health minister's audit to usher in new NHI pilot era

Health minister's audit to usher in new NHI pilot era

03 Nov 2011 15:25 - Staff Reporter
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi says an audit of health facilities is well under way ahead of a plan to start National Health Insurance pilot sites.
Brace yourself South Africa, we're in for a rough ride

Brace yourself South Africa, we're in for a rough ride

25 Oct 2011 14:11 - Nickolaus Bauer
South Africans will have to tighten their belts, knuckle down and work together if we are to weather the economic storms ahead, says Pravin Gordhan.

Health minister promises more doctors and nurses

11 Oct 2011 17:41 - Katharine Child
The health department has launched a human resource plan to deal with the public sector's severe lack of doctors and nurses.
Motsoaledi speaks of 'brutal' private health system

Motsoaledi speaks of 'brutal' private health system

09 Oct 2011 18:55 - Staff Reporter
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi says private healthcare is a 'brutal system' because it has commercialised an essential service.
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.

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