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South Africans have until Friday, September 15, to file written submissions on the National Health Insurance Bill.
The NHI will offer comprehensive healthcare, ranging from primary healthcare to specialised tertiary and quaternary levels of care. An increased burden on taxpayers that could see personal income tax being raised by up to a third and VAT to 21%.This diminishment of the role of medical aid schemes as they won’t be able to fund any services covered by the NHI.Caxton Local Media spoke to role players across the board about the contentious bill. Here is what they had to say.“The per capita spend in the private health sector is around R27 000 compared with R5 400 in the public sector.
“The South African Medical Association has confirmed that the implementation of the NHI will see hundreds of doctors emigrating overseas.
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