Government’s National Health Insurance Plans Might 'Leave All South Africans Worse Off'
. While those who cannot afford private schemes, forced into a crumbling public healthcare system, might find this proposal incredibly attractive, others are panicking over what this could actually mean for proper healthcare in the country.
“The system would impose a single-payer model in which government is the only buyer of healthcare services for its citizens. It would relegate the private health insurance market to only complementary healthcare that is not covered by the state scheme.” “But most importantly, we have no reason to believe the quality of care it provides would be an improvement on the status quo. By forcing the private sector out of the provision of all but a limited set of complementary services, private provision would effectively cease,” she said.
Meanwhile, the Health Funders Association , which represents most medical schemes in the country, along with the South African Medical Association , have rejected the bill in its current form.
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