Democratic Alliance Chief Whip Siviwe Gwarube says the NHI Act will not solve the systemic challenges in the public healthcare system in the country.
The move has received mixed reactions from different sectors with the official opposition announcing its decision to legally challenge it.Speaking at the Union Buildings after the signing ceremony, Gwarube says this will not change. Elaborating on the court challenge, Gwarube says, “What we are doing, we are currently now putting together our papers, our lawyers have been briefed and of course we knew that despite the inputs that were made by academics, by industry experts, by business, by academics by political parties, we knew that the ANC would ram this Bill through Parliament, as has become customary.
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