LETTER: NHI will do more harm than good
Proposed national health insurance will not improve efficiency and reduce costs, but will be a magnet for fraud and corruption
27 October 2019 - 20:10
Universal health coverage is an important goal, which SA can attain with the right policies. However, the proposed national health insurance (NHI) will do far more harm than good (NHI will help create a more equal, productive society, October 24).
NHI proponents (in the presidency’s policy unit and NHI “war room”) assert, without evidence, that the NHI will end queues, improve efficiency, reduce costs, promote innovation and contribute to economic growth and socioeconomic stability”...
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