LETTER: Seizing medical aid funds is equalising down
Forced equality will lead to a state in which we cannot even protect our hospitals from burning down
30 May 2021 - 18:02
The private medical aids have reacted with outrage to a proposal made before parliament to seize their funds for National Health Insurance (NHI). But this is surely the logical outcome of the ANC placing equality before growth.
Any nation has a choice given that society puts a high store by equality. That choice is: do we equalise up, or equalise down? The ruling party assumes equalising must inevitably be up. But this is deluded. If we try to equalise before we allow the economy to — at least — double in size, we will fall to the lowest common denominator...
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