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)
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.
The government recently published an updated National Health Insurance Bill for public scrutiny and commentary, inciting support and opposition, informed by three primary considerations: economic interests, ideological prisms and lived experiences within the nation’s health system. This article combines all these dimensions and demonstrates how NHI benefits transcend the current narrow focus on fiscal or revenue issues.
Government Employees Medical Scheme COO Dr Stan Moloabi outlines the scheme’s strategy for 4IR and where
No hospitals and only 40 out of 372 provincial clinics in Gauteng have so far been assessed for the proposed National Health Insurance (NHI).
The long awaited National Health Insurance Bill was published last week, leaving the two most critical
It is common cause that Universal Access to Healthcare Services is desperately needed in throughout the world and in South Africa, as a basic human right. There are however major questions about the most effective and realistic way of achieving this.
The only way to fix the public health system is to introduce competent management at all
Health Market Inquiry
The long-awaited Health Market Inquiry has finally been published. The report represents the single largest and most comprehensive report into the private healthcare industry in South Africa.