1st October 2019 | Spotlight by Nkululeko Conco The Office of Health Products Procurement (OHPP) is an entity newly introduced in the 2019 version of the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill. While much remains unclear about the rationale for and function of the OHPP, the Bill nevertheless gives us some Continue Reading
16th September 2019 | Spotlight By Tlamelo M Mothudi It is a widely held perception that poorer South Africans rely on the public health sector for their health needs, while a smaller and more affluent section of South African society uses almost exclusively private health care providers. However, this is not Continue Reading
5th September 2019 | Spotlight By Tendai Mafuma The preamble of the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill states that the purpose of the bill is to achieve universal access to quality health care services in South Africa. It proposes the establishment of a centralised NHI Fund that would be responsible for Continue Reading
26th August 2019 | For Spotlight by Marcus Low Since the introduction of the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill in parliament two weeks ago an enormous amount has been written. Tamar Kahn’s article in Business Day provided probably the most balanced and realistic assessment so far. In the Daily Maverick, Ferial Haffajee highlighted the Continue Reading
A number of questions have been asked the NHI Bill. Can the it cure the public system failings and private system inequality? Picture: iStock Related Links Private health sector not well – report The business of health: How the challenges could scupper the NHI The real politics of NHI: Communication Continue Reading
B11-2019_National_Health_Insurance The National Health Insurance Bill has been released for public comment by Parliament. Submissions on the bill are open until 29 November 2019
What started as a marathon has turned into a sprint. After over a decade of policy documents, each iteration being further denuded of detail and meaning, and with little apparent attention to legitimate comments and concerns, the National Health Insurance Bill looks likely to be rushed through the legislative process Continue Reading
NHI submission from SECTION27 and TAC – 21 September 2018
SECTION27 supports the extension of healthcare to as many South Africans as possible, but until the public health system is fixed and private healthcare better regulated, this will remain a chimera. First published in the Daily Maverick on 26 June 2018 On 21 June 2018, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi released the Continue Reading
SECTION27 welcomes the release of the White Paper on National Health Insurance (White Paper) for public comment. As an organisation that is committed to the realisation of the right of everyone to have access to health care services including reproductive healthcare and the right not to be refused emergency medical treatment as entrenched in section 27 of the Constitution, we support universal health coverage. We thank the National Department of Health (the Department) for inviting comments to the White Paper. We are in agreement with the White Paper’s recognition that “Prior to the 1994 democratic breakthrough, South Africa had a fragmented health system designed along racial lines. One system was highly resourced and benefited the white minority. The other was systematicallyunder-resourced and was for the black majority”. SECTION27 notes that the remnants of that racist and inequitable system still linger in post apartheid South Africa and see health system reform as vital to the broader vision of equality. We have, therefore, always been committed to working with the Department in the development of a policy that aims to realise the right of everyone to have access to healthcare services and that gives credence to equality, dignity and fundamental human rights. 7 June 2016 SECTION27 Submission on the NHI White Paper
The National Department of Health published the National Health Insurance (NHI) business plans for the NHI pilot districts for the 2012/13 financial year. However, to date, the National Department of Health has not made the 2013/14 business plans publicly available. SECTION27 calls on the Department to follow the example it set in Continue Reading
SECTION27 staff were recently in Ermelo to give presentations on the NHI pilots in the Gert Sibande district. Please find them attached. Gert Sibande pilot presentation NHI Gert Sibande NHI monitoring tool presentation NHI policy Presentation – Mpumalanga