The proposed National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme is without doubt a great concept and could be made to work in a country with a buoyant economy and a compliant, well-educated population that is used to the concept of accountability.

SA, however much we love our country, has none of the above. Indeed, it has a record of bureaucratic incompetence, leading to the failure of all state-owned enterprises. Why should the NHI be any different?..

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