Has the almost simultaneous release of the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill, the Medical Schemes Amendment Bill and the provisional findings of the Health Market Inquiry (HMI) created an information overload, where some of the insights from the inquiry could be lost in the noise?
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Will the HMI insights get lost in the rush to finalise healthcare laws?
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Sha’p Left a Cipla Foundation initiative wins Vision 2030 Healthcare Award
Cipla Foundation’s initiative, Sha’p Left, won the certificate of excellence award in the healthcare category at the recent annual 2018 Vision 2030 awards ceremony.
The Vision 2030 Awards creates awareness about the success stories of organisations, enterprises and individuals whose initiatives align with the government’s 2030 National Development Plan and strive to achieve the targets set therein.
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Medical Schemes Act & NHI:- Motsoaledi outlines changes
Two of the proposed amendments to the Medical Schemes Act will do away with co-payments, and abolish the practice of using brokers within the medical schemes environment.
Health Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, said co-payments mean that the scheme pays a portion of the bill that a provider – be it hospital or private doctor – charges to a patient. The rest of the funds are supposed to be paid by the patient from their own pocket.
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The Health Department might be sued over proposed NHI changes
‘I can’t mention who are the parties I am expecting litigation from but I can assure I know who they are. Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi is preparing to be taken to court as he continues to propose changes in the healthcare system that could cost medical aid schemes millions.
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Public comment open soon for The National Health Insurance Bill of 2018
The National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill of 2018 will be published in the Government Gazette shortly for public comment.
A key provision of the bill will be the establishment of an NHI fund to pay for health services so that all South Africans have access to quality care.
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Is Dr Aaron Motsoaledi fiddling while healthcare is burning?
Despite the Life Esidimeni tragedy, non-existent oncology services in some provinces, striking healthcare workers and a damning quality standards report before parliament, Health Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi seems to be labouring under the delusion that the South African public healthcare system is not collapsing.
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The Rands and sense of why the National Health Insurance may lead to better health budgets
About 200m from where I work in Rosebank, Johannesburg, there is a private clinic housing a general practitioner, a team of specialised surgeons, a rehabilitation centre, and state-of-the-art imaging and radiology technology.
If I needed medical attention, I could seek it quickly — so long as I was able to pay upfront.
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Will Extra R4.2-billion allocated to the National Health Insurance change the poor state of hospital care?
Treasury has allocated an additional R4.2-billion to the National Health Insurance (NHI), sticking to its guns on funding it through cutting tax credits. In the budget tabled by Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba on Wednesday, an additional R700-million was set aside for 2018/19, R1.4 billion for 2019/20 and R2.1 billion for 2020/21 – all to be..
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How your medical bills may change under the National Health Insurance
Many private hospitals will be opening their doors to more patients but does that mean you’ll be stuck at the back of the queue? The United Kingdom’s universal healthcare system, known as the National Health Service (NHS), had a problem: By the early 2000s, a growing number of elderly patients were waiting up to three..
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#HASA2017: NHI needs to start delivering now
South Africa can’t wait for the final National Health Insurance (NHI) system in 2026 to start delivering on universal health coverage, but needs to start implementing projects and programmes that will make a real difference in people’s lives now. And this can’t be done without cooperation between the public and private health sectors. This was..
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