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MICHAEL AVERY: Contradictions abound in NHI Bill
It’s incomprehensible that MPs voted for a bill even though Treasury has not given details on how it will be financed
19 June 2023 - 05:00
Anyone who dismisses the proposed National Health Insurance (NHI) as a flight of financial fancy need only recall Jacob Zuma’s parting gift to burden our universities with an unaffordable promise of fee-free tertiary education, despite the Heher commission’s recommendations against this.
The ideologues in the ANC have mastered the art of doubling down on fiscally irresponsible policy choices. ..
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