An observation made by many is that government hospitals need to function better for the NHI scheme to work.
The health department has finalised its long-awaited NHI green paper and it will be submitted to Cabinet early next week for "final clearance".
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi says the National Health Insurance system will be phased in over 14 years.
Aaron Motsoaledi has said the implementation of the National Health Insurance would mean a total reengineering of the public health care service.
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/ 22 February 2011
Government aims to pass the Bill implementing South Africa’s proposed national health insurance system during 2012, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi said.
Despite middle-class misgivings, South Africa’s universal healthcare plan puts us well ahead of the Asian powerhouse.
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/ 2 December 2010
Pay-as-you-go healthcare could provide a possible cost saving for the man on the street.
Too little is known about its scope to abandon ownership of private insurance, say practitioners.
Medical aid members ‘will suffer most’ because of scrapped price list.
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/ 27 October 2010
Government would be "relentless" in implementing National Health Insurance (NHI), but the scheme may not necessarily mean higher taxes.
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/ 29 September 2010
Foreign doctors will have to be recruited if the mooted national health insurance (NHI) is to be successfully implemented, Hospersa said on Wednesday.
South Africa will spend billions of rands to improve healthcare by renovating dilapidated hospitals, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said on Monday.
Public healthcare needs to be jacked up before an
NHI can be implemented, experts warn
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/ 21 September 2010
SA’s National Health Insurance (NHI) will kick off in 2012 and be implemented over a period of 14 years, according to the ANC.
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/ 7 September 2010
Research from UCT’s Health Economics Unit has found that spending on the NHI would roughly match what is currently spent on healthcare.
It would be problematic to introduce NHI at a time when evidence suggested that the public healthcare sector was in disarray, the SAIRR has warned.
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/ 17 February 2010
Scepticism of the National Health Insurance scheme is not a reaction against change, but shows concern about its impact on the wider economy.
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/ 9 November 2009
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has poured cold water on the possibility of a national health insurance (NHI) scheme being up and running soon.
UNAids executive director Michel Sidibé visited SA recently. He spoke to Susan Mathew about the country’s beleaguered health system.
Government rethink on when the national health insurance scheme will get off the ground.
The African National Congress (ANC) on Monday criticised media reports of its health plan and vowed to continue its efforts.
The government’s plan to create a national healthcare programme will likely result in higher taxes, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said on Monday.