health
THE passing of the National Health Insurance (NHI) by Parliament’s National Council of Provinces has dug up old wounds among many in the country, as they debate the cost and effect of the implementation of the system.
The system, a universal method of ensuring health care is provided to both the poor and rich, has been about 20 years in the making, and has, since inception, been fiercely opposed by those who feel that the government would not run it as effectively as is required.
In its composition it is meant to allow access - equal access, to the same health institutions and doctors, and health care to all, in a universal method that will bridge the gaping
