HEALTH COVERAGE
NHI gets nod despite poor evaluation of pilot scheme
The NHI pilot site evaluation report is likely to draw criticism
23 July 2019 - 05:10
SA is forging ahead with its biggest post-apartheid healthcare reforms despite the lack of evidence from its multibillion-rand pilot programme that the scheme will work, a report obtained by Business Day shows.
National Health Insurance (NHI) is the government’s fiercely contested plan for achieving universal health coverage, which envisages establishing a central fund that will purchase health services on behalf of all patients from public and private sector service providers...
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