Frequently Asked Questions
What is NHI? NHI is a health financing mechanism the South African government aims to implement. The NHI bills says there will be a single purchaser of health services and this purchaser will buy these services based on a defined package of services. This is intended to bring down prices, Continue Reading
TAC and SECTION27 welcome Health Market Inquiry Final Report
Johannesburg, 30 September 2019 – SECTION27 and the Treatment Action Campaign welcome the publishing of the final report of the Competition Commission’s Health Market Inquiry (HMI). This has been an important and lengthy process. It is the first holistic and comprehensive look at the private health sector in South Africa. Continue Reading
HMI quizzes Life and Mediclinic on price and quality
On 10 March 2016, the Health Market Inquiry Panel heard submissions from Mediclinic and Life Healthcare, two of three large private hospital groups that make up the significant majority of the private hospital market in South Africa. The third hospital group, Netcare, will make submissions on 11 March 2016. To Continue Reading
SECTION27 Comment on Draft Terms of Reference for Market Inquiry
SECTION27 has sent a submission to the Competition Commission on the draft Terms of Reference for the Market Inquiry into the Private Health care Sector . It was endorsed by the Black Sash and by the Rural Health Advocacy Project. SECTION27’s recent submission to the Health Professions Council of South Africa in Continue Reading
SECTION27’s submission to the Health Profession Council of South Africa on guideline tariffs for medical and dental services
Read the submission SECTION27 made recently to the Health Professional Council of South Africa (HPCSA) on guideline tariffs for medical and dental services. S27 Submission on HPCSA Ethical Tariff
SECTION27 STATEMENT ON THE PROMULGATION OF PROVISIONS OF THE COMPETITION AMENDMENT ACT, 2009
SECTION27 welcomes the promulgation of section 6 of the Competition Amendment Act 1 of 2009 (“Amendment Act”) by proclamation published in the Government Gazette on Friday, 8 February 2013. The proclamation brings into force the provisions related to a market inquiry, which will come into force on 1 April 2013.