Founder and CEO of Discovery Limited Adrian Gore has called for the scrapping of Section 33 of the National Health Insurance Bill, declaring that without private sector participation government’s ambitions for universal healthcare will simply not be possible.
“We are completely supportive of it , the actual architecture of the NHI structure is something that is now enshrined in law. I think the issue to us is clear – when you look at the numbers, the funding, the complexity – it requires private sector collaboration. If that can be achieved, then the NHI Bill can be made workable,’ he added.
This comes as Section 33 of the bill restricts medical aid schemes from “providing complementary cover for healthcare service benefits that are not purchased by the Fund on behalf of users”.
Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)
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