, the bill aims to transform South Africa’s health care system to ‘achieve universal coverage for health services’ in order to ‘Since the bill was introduced in 2019, it has been viewed as controversial., Business Unity SA has confirmed that it will ‘consider legal action’ after President Ramaphosa signs the NHI bill into law.
On Tuesday, BUSA stated that the bill was ‘unimplementable and damaging to the country’s healthcare sector, to the economy more broadly and to investor confidence’. ‘We fully support the objective of universal health coverage, however, the NHI Bill in its current form is unworkable, unaffordable, and not in line with the Constitution,’ said Cas Coovadia,‘What is especially troubling is that the president is proceeding with the bill despite extensive constructive inputs made by a wide range of stakeholders, including doctors and healthcare professionals, civil society, public sector unions, academics and business,’ Coovidia added.
Section 33, which refers to ‘phasing out the benefits for which medical schemes may compensate members for’, has been considered unlawful because it would limit access to healthcare rather than enhance it.will conduct a question-and-answer session with the media after the signing.
Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)
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