National Health Insurance (NHI) holds the potential to drastically improve health care across South Africa, and SECTION27 is committed to its success.
We stand at a crossroads in the development of NHI; public discourse is essential as we move toward the final policy. The resources on this page are catalysts for the discussion. Read on, and join the debate.
Medical business needs critical care
Article courtesy of MoneyWeb. Written by David Carte.
Medical schemes’ losses ‘threaten hospitals, doctors and patients’.
JOHANNESBURG – The entire private medical sector – medical schemes, hospital groups, doctors and patients – faces calamity if it does not reform.
This warning comes from healthcare business risk specialist, Stan Eiser of Johannesburg. Eiser warned on Moneyweb in July that Discovery Health Medical Scheme needs urgent reform. Continue reading
Doctors, dentists slam private health system
Article courtesy of IOL. Written by Dianne Hawker.
Medical aid schemes are paying double to administrators what they pay general practitioners, a situation which doctors, dentists and civil society groups say must be rectified prior to National Health Insurance (NHI) being implemented. Continue reading
Government must strike correct balance with retirement
Article courtesy of BusinessLive. Written by Janice Roberts.
You may soon be FORCED to save. Listen to the audio. Government’s proposed overhaul of SA’s current retirement funding model is a positive step given the alarming lack of retirement savings among the majority of South Africans.
However, it is critical that the correct balance is struck in order for the initiative to succeed. Continue reading
KwaZulu-Natal to prioritise health infrastructure
Article courtesy of Business Day. Written by Edward West.
THE department of health in KwaZulu-Natal planned to fast-track infrastructure development and hospital revitalisation projects this year, health MEC Sibongiseni Dhlomo said yesterday. Continue reading
Competition Commission may probe healthcare
Article courtesy of Business Day. Written by Amanda Visser.
THE Competition Commission is considering initiating a market inquiry into the private healthcare industry reminiscent of its probe into the banking sector a few years ago, which recommended lower banking costs. Continue reading
The newly formed National Health Insurance Coalition (NHIC) gives civil society voice on National Health Insurance
National Health Insurance holds the potential to drastically improve health care across South Africa; civil society is organising to secure its success Continue reading
Constitutional imperatives for successfully implementing a National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme in South Africa
The Constitutional imperatives for successfully implementing a National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme in South Africa – Adila Hassim
SECTION27′s submission on the NHI
SECTION27 is preparing a submission on the NHI Green Paper, which will be released early in January 2012.
National Health Insurance : a step in the health direction
The rich and middle class can purchase life and health through the private health sector. Continue reading