Health workers at Groote Schuur Hospital and Red Cross Children’s Hospital in Cape Town are starting to feel the effects of an ongoing freeze on the hiring of critical medical staff.
A senior hospital manager at Groote Schuur told GroundUp that almost half of the medical officer (doctor) posts...
https://businesstech.co.za/news/finance/691553/government-pushes-through-nhi-now-legal-trouble-is-on-the-way/
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"The Portfolio Committee on Health in South Africa has approved the National Health Insurance Bill (NHI), a controversial piece of legislation aimed at...
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This article by Helena Wasserman below was published on fin24.com on 11 October 2010.
How NHI will affect you
NATIONAL health insurance (NHI) looks set to cure at least one ill: hypochondria.
The new universal healthcare system may affect you in many ways. For some...
http://www.fin24.com/Economy/NHI-too-costly-for-SA-study-20100429
Systematic and pragmatic - two words that should be taught to officials as a part of their induction to government. This is a long, long way off. The economic impact of such a scheme makes it unfeasible in the short to medium...
Here it is folks. The highlights of the new NHI act
which the health department wants to put through the parliament.
It will affect you so do have a read. Better hold on to your cash,
cos you are going to need it, and lots of it.
South African Medical Journal, August 2009, Vol. 99, No. 8...
Hi There
Do you guys have any thoughts on the new NHI. Seems like another idea that will result in an epic failure.
Not sure how you feel about supporting other people and having restrictions on what you do in terms of health care.
Essentially government can choose to do away with...