Coalition: government’s ‘piecemeal’ healthcare reforms fall short
The Universal Healthcare Access Coalition says the proposed tariff-setting measures for private healthcare side-step essential reforms.
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ANC and its ministers reject reports of NHI ‘concessions’
Recent media reports over the future of NHI have been contradictory and hard to make sense of. Spotlight chased up those in a position to know where things stand – it seems the ANC has not made any major concessions on NHI. There is, however, agreement that medical schemes won’t be phased out in the next few years, something that likely wouldn’t have happened in any case given the poor state of the economy and the long timeline for NHI implementation.
Healthcare coalition says NHI is ‘unfeasible’, proposes alternative route to universal health coverage
The Universal Healthcare Access Coalition – which includes healthcare professionals and funders – contends that a single tax-funded system cannot effectively provide universal medical coverage.
