SA's political parties divided on NHI Bill | IOL News

Cape Town - The National Health Insurance Bill has received backing from ANC alliance partners but some opposition parties say it is unaffordable and will cripple the country. The Minister of Health, Zweli Mkhize, launched the NHI and tabled the Bill in Parliament that the government hoped would be fully implemented in 2026.

“There has been engagement and Cabinet would not have okayed this Bill to be in Parliament if Cabinet had not engaged it. There is no question about Cabinet having support for this Bill,” said Mthembu. The IFP said the country did not need NHI when the healthcare system was already collapsing. The healthcare system was on its knees and yet the government was not fixing it, said the IFP.

The Bill also envisages the employment of more staff. Mkhize had said they have sent 30 district managers to Japan to study NHI. More senior staff will be sent to the UK, France and other EU countries to look at how NHI was implemented in those countries.

Politics HealthZA MYANC Only 1 doctor in Livingstone Hospital, Port Elizabeth. My sister waited 14 hours to see a doctor. She was in terrible pain. NHI will work? I think ANC need to get real.

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