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ANALYSIS: How the lockdown has affected the health of SA’s poor
Low-income populations bear a disproportionately higher burden of poor health.
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NHI rollout to be implemented in phases, says Parly health committee chair
Numerous residents in Gauteng have gathered at the Dlamini Multipurpose Hall in Soweto to express their views on the NHI bill.
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NHI: Various committees to be established, including one for pricing
The committee is currently conducting public hearings on the NHI Bill at the Dlamini multi-purpose hall in Soweto for its final leg of submissions.
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FIKILE-NTSIKELELO MOYA: This is why SA needs to explore the grey
The challenge for South Africans is to assess everything and anything on its merits. It is to understand that things are seldom black and white, writes Fikile-Ntsikelelo Moya.
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DA to submit 80,000 written objections from S. Africans on NHI Bill
The NHI is the financing system that seeks to provide quality universal health care services to all South Africans to create an equal society.
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State hospitals need overhaul, Parly committee hears
After listening to a battery of complaints, Parliament’s portfolio committee on Health will now take the debate on National Health Insurance (NHI) to coastal provinces.
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Parliament says public hearings on NHI ‘going well’
The hearings got under way in the Northern Cape.
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Mkhize: Health forum to allay NHI looting fears
In collaboration with the Special Investigating Unit, the platform was launched on Tuesday, with the aim of detecting and prosecuting fraud and corruption in the health sector.
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5 points from the ANC's special NEC meeting
Following the ANC's special NEC meeting over the weekend, ANC secretary general Ace Magashule and other senior ANC members announced the decisions taken on the NHI and other issues.
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KZN Nehawu calls for establishment of state-owned pharmaceutical company
The union hosted a media briefing in Durban earlier on Tuesday where it announced that it was mobilising its allies in defence of the NHI, which was facing opposition from private sector companies and opposition parties.
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Dhlomo: Public health sector reforms must also be extended to private health
Parliament’s Health Portfolio Committee chair Dr Sibongiseni Dhlomo received the report of the health market inquiry into the private sector which was released on Monday.
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DA calls on Parliament to roll out public hearings on NHI Bill
In a statement released on Sunday, the party said it would approach National Assembly Chair of Chairs Cedric Frolick to budget and plan for public hearings.
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ANALYSIS: Why SA’s plans for universal healthcare are pie in the sky
South Africa's planned NHI has no equivalent in any setting in the world. It's deeply flawed on a number of fronts.
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Board of Healthcare Funders gives NHI thumbs up
The Health Minister sent the Bill to parliament this month. It seeks to equalise the levels of care that South Africans can access whether they are well off or poor.
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CARTOON: Paying the Price
By Dr Jack.
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NHI Bill met by resistance from opposition parties
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize yesterday released the bill, which is aimed at ensuring universal health coverage for all South Africans.
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Mkhize: Corruption will be biggest threat to implementation of NHI
The long-awaited bill, which is aimed at ensuring that all South Africans receive universal health coverage, was released by Health Minister Zweli Mkhize on Thursday.
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Mkhize: NHI will transform SA’s struggling health sector
The Health Minister was speaking in Pretoria where he officially released the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill.
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NHI will benefit all South Africans, says Health Minister
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize was speaking at the Nelson Mandela Children's Hospital in Johannesburg, where he spent part of his day marking Mandela Day.
