President Cyril Ramaphosa, Picture: ESA ALEXANDER / SUNDAY TIMES
NHI is the government’s policy for achieving universal health coverage, and aims to ensure everyone has care that is free at the point of delivery. Its first piece of enabling legislation, the NHI Bill, is currently being processed by parliament. He highlighted SA’s two-tiered health system, which sees about 15% of the population pay monthly premiums to belong to medical schemes that provide cover for private healthcare services, while the rest of the population is largely dependent on the state sector. State healthcare facilities are supposed to implement means-tested user fees, but many patients are not, in fact, billed.
We're eager for the implementation.
ANC is on a mission to break South Africa completely... Public Healthcare has been run into the ground over the years, why will NHI be any different? Already the cadres are lining up to fill their pockets.
One approach to despair is ACTION...and Saffies need to act. We can shut down the country for 1,2,3 days however long it takes until this Gov takes us seriously.
No. We don't trust the government to run any SOE. Look at how hospitals are run now.
No, thanks. Not until you CyrilRamaphosa guarantee no corruption. Period.
My support to the president on this.This is for the benefit of ordinary SAns.We can’t allow a predatory private health care to hold us to ransom.Let the state provide health to the nation and STOP the madness in private health care where profit is put above our health.
It might be a good idea, but with our managers of funds it might not be soo much a good idea. Privatization was one apartheid system that was never supposed to be encouraged in the first place
Most medical practitioners will emigrate. Those remaining will be overwhelmed by the sick masses. Medicines will become scarce and/expensive. Machines will fall into disrepair. People will suffer and die from small injuries and curable diseases. MarkMyWords FailedState
That's why they're now anointing Ronald Lamola as 'next president' - CyrilRamaphosa is not playing part....well.....not always!
Private healthcare is the ONLY thing that operates as it should. Soon there will be nothing left of it. Don’t believe me? Go take a look for yourself. State hospitals are a good example of the ANC’s Midas touch - it all turns to shit... ANC Incompetence Corruption
Fools paradise
And the country is going to afford it how?
Nope
Nope, like all other well intentioned plans....this will fail. Funding vs Quality of service issues. Get government hospitals on the same levels as private. Keep up the quality for 10 years....and then make this really behind NHI statements.
Taxi Association and Taxi owners must pay TAX to, why does the useless ANC let them not pay TAX?
Rally behind corruption schemes? When officials get sick they go to 'Cuba' 'Singapore' 'UK'
Let the government first fix the public hospitals and then we can talk. No need for reckless approach.
NHI Heaven help S.A. No NHI thank you. Cannot afford risk to my life like Esidemini. Go fix ESCOM and SAA and Prasa and Denel and RAF carteblanchetv UniqueSAProblem SATodayNews Our_DA rinmor DA_GPL mailandguardian TheCitizen_News
No,No,No!
They must raise the money themselves they have crippled all SOE's took loans for billions to support failed institutions at the expense of the tax payer. The government needs to start working for the people who work the economy. We will not allow an increase in tax.
First fix the current health system
That is a big NOOIT for me
No
Mina I will rally behind HermanMashaba
What is next really? Get rid of private schools? Private security? Private cars? Houses Where does this nonsense end?
AthiGeleba I only see grand scale unprecedented looting.
I'll choose NHI over private in the same way you chose South Africa over ANC.
Can we really afford it Mr Prez - if we stuff up Eskom, SAA and other SOEs how pray tell will much bigger NHI be managed?
Ah CyrilRamaphosa, once again, here’s the thing - why should we rally behind you when your party has looted & pillaged the coffers dry, and have proven wholly incapable of successfully running anything?! No thanks. taxrevolt
So employed people must ensure everything is FREE for ALL unemployed people!!! - Don't think so!!!!! Recipe for disaster!!! Eskom - Failed - SAA - failed - Transnet - Failed - Post Office - Failed - Land Bank - Failed
Why? So the politically connected can steal some more?
I would like to rally behind some efficient basic services... cyrilramaphosa can start there.
No
It’s already ill and not even born yet. I’m not going to stand around this delivery.
Yeah right - SA govt needs to rebuild trust and confidence first 😐
NHI will destroy South Africa's presently world-class private medical facilities, plunging us into the same medical condition as Zimbabwe. Look what the ANC did to Eskom. Do you REALLY want to trust them with your health?
Funny...Zuma didnt, he ran to Cuba....
But how President when your house is not in order.NHI will be disastrous first fix the corruption within government. Our Public health system is already in a mess and you want to add to that mess now😡
Not a fuck
NHI is just another ANC cunning plan 2 plunder & get their sticky pudgy fingers on taxpayers money. Its going to b a corrupt disaster. There is NO way it will work! GOD HELP ALL OF US! The SA way is reduce everything 2 the lowest common denominator!
Bullshit! Only the most moronic of the MYANC sheep would believe that this will in any way benefit them. The MYANC have totally destroyed the public health system and now they want to destroy everything else as well
Nottendem. Nee. Njet. No. None. Fogeddit. Loop speel. Gaan vang 'n haan.
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We agree that healthcare should be universally free. We are worried about the government running it. We have seen the current state of our public vs private hospitals. It's so bad that our Zuma even goes to Cuba for treatment.
No thx.
Someone’s lost their marbles
NO. NO. NO. CURRENT HEALTHCARE COSTING LIVES.
Rally behind NHI while the likes of Zuma and Mabuza seek medical treatment abroad?
No.
Time for our healthcare system to get even more fucked. 🇿🇦🔜💣
Go take a loooooooooooooong hike over a cliff, sir.
_cosatu More 💰💰💰 to steal CyrilRamaphosa PresidencyZA MYANC
Nope not gonna happen! No trust in this government with our resources - ESPECIALLY health services!
NEE NEE NEE NEE NEE NEE NEE NEEEEEEEE!!!!!😡VOK TOG
Turkeys voting for Christmas , I think not
Try stop stealing first
We will not! NHI is unaffordable for the people who finance your corrupt regime. Prove you can run what is allready in place. I/we won't hold our collective breath.
Dear Cyril, there is no opposition to NHI in principle. It is the harebrained approach to it that is being resisted.
I will rally behind you sir, if the NHI is privately owned!
The man is a growing embarrassment and a joke!
Mandatory = have no choice bozo .
Must the 3% of South Africans that pays tax rally, or the 97% that don't ?
I am tired of government telling me what I must do. They should focus on what they must do - arrest the looters, retrieve the money, fix our schools, police, healthcare and primarily the economy. Until then they can all sit down.
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