national health Insurance
On June 13, Parliament passed the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill, leading to mixed reactions in the country. The minister of Health hailed it as the “most revolutionary piece of legislation passed since 1994”, while others call it a “national catastrophe”.
There is no arguing our tremendous inequity in health is palpable. A staggering statistic that remains central to all arguments on the NHI is health expenditure is approximately 8.5% of our GDP, but 50% of this spending covers only 16% of
