The DA has brought into question parliament's public participation process over the National Health Insurance Bill, saying some of the public hearings were hijacked for political purposes.
The DA is opposed to the bill, arguing that while the country's public health system was falling apart, the proposed scheme was not the desired remedy.
She said universal health care was a question of two things: how to fund the system, and how to ensure its quality. “We believe this goes against every single good governance principle where you have public office bearers literally overlooking and overseeing the management of a multi-billion-rand fund.
Gwarube said they identified that more than R5bn had been wasted on the NHI pilot projects, and that some of the lessons that were meant to be taken from that process had not informed the drafting of the bill.
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