/ 23 June 2023

National Health Insurance ‘sounds too good to be true’

Hospital
In his 2025 State of the Nation address the president promised improved healthcare access and infrastructure. (Photo by Guillem Sartorio/Getty Images)

People who rely on public health facilities say the scheme is just way for the government to avoid dealing with the hard problems

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