The CEO of Discovery has said in a letter to customers that the full implementation of the NHI Bill will likely take decades, and will not impact private medical aid schemes.
The NHI is being rolled out with the intention of providing universal healthcare to all South Africans, but the initiative is aiming specifically to aid the large population of South Africans living in poverty to have access to quality healthcare. The bill will also likely face more delays due to legal challenges it is expected to encounter in the coming months, due to “significant flaws” within and in the process in which it was steamrolled through Parliament.
It is clear that Discovery has taken a keen interest in the NHI and the legal systems surrounding it. In the letter, Whelan cites sections in the bill which are open to interpretation. He says that Section 33 of the NHI bill says that only when the bill is fully implemented will private medical aid schemes be limited in South Africa.
Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)
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