Through low administrative costs and high efficiency from healthcare providers, the NHI will become the success it is destined to be.
The outbreak of the novel coronavirus has presented an opportune moment for South Africa to move with speed on the implementation of the National Health Insurance .
The private healthcare system has taken advantage of the poor quality of public health care to impose extortionate charges, which have led to the suffering of poor sick people and catastrophic impoverishment of scores of working class households. Moreover, through low administrative costs and high efficiency from healthcare providers, the NHI will become the success it is destined to be.
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