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15 Sep 2021

HFA pledges support for Universal Health Coverage

By Staff Writer

The Health Funders Association (HFA) has presented its position on the NHI Bill of 2019 to the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Health. In its presentation, the HFA pledges support for Universal Health Coverage (UHC) for all South Africans and commits to contributing constructively to health system strengthening and building a sustainable and integrated health system for the country.

15 Oct 2019

How NHI will affect your pay and the payroll department in your organisation

By Janice Roberts

President Cyril Ramaphosa says that all South Africans will be covered by the National Health Insurance (NHI) by 2025, but there is still little clarity as to how the NHI will be funded.

04 Sep 2019

OUTA asks Parliament for extension on NHI written comment deadline

By Janice Roberts

The National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill is one of the most important pieces of legislation to be tabled in Parliament in recent years. It will have a profound impact on our health system and, indeed, our lives. It is therefore, essential that all forms of public participation be as exhaustive as possible. In light of...

30 Aug 2019

Discovery warns of falling profits in trading update

By Janice Roberts

Discovery releases trading update today. For the financial year ended 30 June 2019, Discovery’s normalised headline earnings per share are expected to decrease by between 5% and 10% to between 795 cents and 753 cents (2018: 836.9 cents), compared to the previous financial year. Core new business annualised premium income is expected to grow by...

27 Aug 2019

Green light given to merger of two of SA's best-known medical schemes

By Janice Roberts

Two of South Africa’s most enduring medical schemes, CompCare Wellness Medical Scheme and Selfmed, have been given the green light to amalgamate by the Council for Medical Schemes (CMS). This comes after the members of the two schemes voted in favour of the amalgamation and the establishment of a new scheme, which will be known...

26 Aug 2019

NHI: A view from Bonitas Medical Fund

By Janice Roberts

South Africa’s National Health Insurance Fund (NHI) Bill was released on August 8, 2019. Bonitas Medical Fund shares its preliminary views. ‘We welcome the efforts of the Department of Health insofar as it aims to achieve sustainable and affordable universal access to quality healthcare services for all South Africans and are in full support of...

22 Aug 2019

NHI: We can’t afford to get this wrong

By Janice Roberts

The goal of universal health coverage is essential and not negotiable. However, OUTA, the South African non-profit civil action organisation, believes that unless the NHI Bill is changed substantially, it is unlikely to get us to this goal.

16 Aug 2019

'All avenues being considered to fight NHI'

By Janice Roberts

The Solidarity Institute announced today in a statement that it is considering all avenues to fight the ‘damaging effects’ the implementation of the National Health Insurance (NHI) will have.

14 Aug 2019

DA seeks urgent legal opinion on constitutionality of NHI Bill

By Janice Roberts

By Mmusi Maimane – Leader of the Democratic Alliance. Globally, countries are moving towards the provision of universal healthcare. It is without doubt that South Africa needs to follow suit. There still exists “two South Africa’s”, one with access to quality private healthcare, and one with access to substandard, public healthcare. This needs to be...

13 Aug 2019

Discovery Health welcomes the publication of the NHI Bill

By Janice Roberts

Discovery Health welcomes the publication of the NHI Bill as this provides more clarity on the implementation of the policy objective of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and the establishment of the NHI Fund.

03 Jul 2018

High Aspirations for Universal Healthcare in SA

By Janice Roberts

By Mike van Rensburg, Partner; Leana Engelbrecht, Senior Associate; and Tanya Seitz, Associate at Baker McKenzie.