medical insurance debate
THE ongoing debate around the implementation of the National Health Insurance (NHI) is not just about bridging the gap between the haves and the have-nots but more about opening coffers, facilities and professionals up for plunder and mismanagement.
This is the sentiment of many in the country, with experts and private health practitioners vowing to fight it to avoid “going down” with the plan.
Recently adopted by the National Council of Provinces in Parliament, the universal system is geared towards dismantling the current two-tiered health-care structure, which has for years been blamed for benefiting an affluent minority and leaving the majority scrambling for public health care.
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