National Health Insurance in South Africa
Commentry on the NHI Process
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Carol Paton, writing in the Financial Mail on 30 January 2009 said:
(previously at http://free.financialmail.co.za/09/0130/cover/coverstoryf.htm)
URL: http://www.netassets.co.za/article.aspx?id=928353
“A working group within the ANC headed by Human Sciences Research Council CEO Olive Shisana has provided an initial outline of the scheme. ... The proposals are not yet in the public domain and Shisana's statements to the FM are the first indication of what the ANC is thinking. They are also not yet in the domain of government, and government officials have not had a hand in the conceptual planning or been asked to crunch any numbers.” ...
“Finance Minister Trevor Manuel has also publicly expressed doubts. In an interview ... Manuel said that some of the election promises in the ANC manifesto, including an NHI, might not be possible under current economic conditions.”
Anso Thom, writing for Health-e News on 29 May 2009 in an article “Rush job on NHI?” provides some insight into the political process of developing the NHI plan and the lack of documents in the public domain:
http://www.health-e.org.za/news/article.php?uid=20032310&PHPSESSID=2ded4dc509e0091a07c33ef86f0535a0
The Financial Mail ran a cover story on NHI with three articles by Carol Paton on 31 July 2009 which gives an overview of the debate and an insight into the process of preparing the ANC proposals.
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