Institute for Economic Justice and Section 27 say that despite high medical inflation and rising disease burden funding for health has been cutTwo civil society organisations have called on finance minister Tito Mboweni and new health minister Zweli Mkhize to increase public sector funding for health, arguing that the government’s goal of achieving “a long and healthy life for all” cannot be met with the available resources.
“Spend per uninsured person increased only 1% on average annually between 2015-2016 and 2019-2020, despite a rising burden of disease and high medical price inflation. This is not enough to address the historical and current inequalities that persist in healthcare,” they wrote. “Taking stagnant economic growth into consideration, the Davis Tax Committee’s projected R72bn shortfall in NHI Funding by 2025 is likely to be significantly understated,” they said.“Shortages of specialists and other staff in the public health sector have been at crisis levels for some time. These were exacerbated in the past five years due to budget cuts.
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