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.
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.
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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.
As the National Portfolio Committee on Health embarks on its public hearing process on the NHI, due to start tomorrow (25 October) in Mpumalanga, Parliament has confirmed that more than 100 000 written submissions on the Bill have already been received. This is more than a month before the extended deadline for submissions expires on the 29th of November.
These are the words of Dr Nicholas Crisp, the man who has been appointed to one of the most challenging positions in the country’s healthcare system – that of developing and implementing the organisational capacity for the administration and operations of National Health Insurance (NHI)
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Some key questions about NHI have crystallised in recent months. Spotlight put 12 of these questions to Nicholas Crisp, head of government’s NHI office.
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