The argument by the chairperson of Parliament’s Health Committee, Dr Sibongiseni Dhlomo, that citizens should not fear the unknowns of the National Health Insurance is disturbing. Government’s virtual absence of technical policy analysis since NHI became official policy is exactly that type of unknown that is grounds for great alarm.
The moral question facing South Africans is: how can 16% of the population bask in the luxury of private healthcare, when 84% are subjected to crumbs? Economists across the world advocate cross-subsidisation, where the rich support the poor to improve their quality of life. Why is this a scary thought in South Africa?
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The powers, privileges and consequence management set out in typical section 3A entities are no different to what is being proposed in the NHI Bill.
SAHPRA published three position statements on medical devices on 23 December 2019.
National Health Insurance (NHI) can be divisive, not just because of what it proposes to do but because of how it is often sold as an all-or-nothing issue – either you buy into NHI completely, or you want things to stay essentially the same.
Tech is proving itself in the medical sector worldwide. What can it do for South African clinics and patients?
THE future of the country’s health system and the National Health Insurance (NHI) now rests in the hands of a doctor who grew up in Mobeni Heights.
Implementing ISO 13485 QMS Mark Banfield is an independent Health Technology Consultant, specializing in Regulatory Compliance,
While much remains unclear about the rationale for, and function of, the Office of Health Products Procurement(OHPP), the NHI Bill nevertheless gives us some important pointers.