The National Health Insurance Bill and the Medical Schemes Amendment Bill – A view from the CEO of Discovery Health
The Department of Health issued the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill and the Medical Schemes Amendment (MSA) Bill for public comment in June 2018.
Dr Jonathan Broomberg, CEO of Discovery Health recently shared his view on the NHI as well as the MSA Bills. He comments about the NHI system outlined in the Bill, the role of medical schemes in the context of the NHI system, changes to medical schemes in the Medical Schemes Amendment Bill as well as the legislative process.
“It is clear that medical schemes will continue to operate alongside the NHI system, and will be able to cover all services currently covered”, Broomberg shared.
Click here to read his view.
