The government’s decision to ignore private sector input on the National Health Insurance (NHI) Act has set it up for legal confrontation that could have been avoided, the head of private hospital group Netcare said on Monday.

President Cyril Ramaphosa assented to the controversial legislation last week, confounding the business sector that had expected him to delay signing it until after the May 29 elections...

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