No proposed compromise on NHI is on the table, says Health Minister
The Hospital Association of SA’s proposal for mandatory health insurance aims to shift millions of formally employed citizens to private coverage.
The Hospital Association of SA’s proposal for mandatory health insurance aims to shift millions of formally employed citizens to private coverage.
Motsoaledi insists that equalising healthcare shouldn’t be held back by funding concerns, and he challenges the assumptions behind the cost estimates.
Aaron Motsoaledi wants to engage with with stakeholders who are in favour of universal health coverage but have objections to the NHI Act.
Headlines characterising the High Court’s judgment as a huge blow to NHI ‘are in the same mould as Bell Pottinger propaganda’.
But statements by the Minister of Health indicate the ANC does not believe material changes to the NHI Act should be made.