How NHI could cost employers and employees
It is expected that scrapping the medical scheme tax credit will be the first measure designed to raise revenue for NHI.
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Investigation calls into question the narratives used to support NHI
BHF-commissioned study identifies 11 assertions made about private healthcare and medical schemes that lack foundation.
Medical schemes get costlier as reform takes a back seat to NHI
Members of medical schemes are paying up to 30% more because the regulatory system broke down after the government’s focus shifted to NHI.
How the NHI shake-up may impact South African healthcare
There are concerns about the sustainability of private providers and whether the public will face higher costs to maintain their current level of healthcare.
NHI ‘collaboration’ means different things to the government and the private sector
In an interview this week, President Ramaphosa was asked whether South Africans will pay higher taxes to fund NHI.
NHI: We are going to have equality whether people like it or not, says Ramaphosa
Solidarity and AfriForum are the first out of the starting blocks with legal challenges to the NHI Act.
CMS invites BHF to collaborate, criticises ‘forum-shopping’ tactics
The BHF’s canvassing of key policy issues in the public domain via a ‘deliberately leaked’ lawyer’s letter indicates the organisation ‘has run out of creative ideas’.
Council mulls outsourcing appeal adjudication amid BHF accusations
The CMS asserts that medical schemes have frequently disregarded the existing appeals procedures, exploiting them to the detriment of members’ interests.
CMS denies it is sabotaging medical schemes to boost NHI
The regulator comes out swinging in its response to the Board of Healthcare Funders’ claims of bullying and curatorship abuse.
NHI will ‘definitely’ be funded once the Bill becomes law – Godongwana
National Treasury will work with the Department of Health on the funding scenarios outlined in the 2017 White Paper.
Health department pushes the case for ‘affordable’ NHI
Meanwhile, Solidarity suffers a setback in its efforts to halt the government’s preparations for implementing the system.
Vagaries surrounding NHI benefits may provide grounds for a constitutional challenge
The lack of clarity over the benefits package means one cannot determine whether the state is fulfilling its obligation to provide access to health care.
‘Win’ for health department in battle over NHI-linked Certificate of Need
The High Court will have to revisit the constitutionality of certificates that determine where doctors can work.
NHI Bill is a ‘charade’ that will collapse eventually, says BLSA
Department of Health director-general says NHI can be built despite the dire condition of the public healthcare system.
‘Many years’ to go before NHI poses a threat to medical schemes, says Discovery
CEO Ryan Noach says there’s ‘no way’ the government can nationalise members’ contributions.
MPs get more time to obtain legal opinions on NHI Bill
This comes after opposition MPs walked out of the Portfolio Committee on Health in protest.
If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it
Bert Lance, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget in Jimmy Carter’s 1977 administration, is attributed with coining this phrase. Bad grammar apart, he believed he could save Uncle Sam billions […]
