Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said that, despite critiques of the government’s plans for National Health Insurance (NHI), the policy will be implemented in South Africa.
Motsoaledi recently spoke at the Health Department’s Budget Vote for 2025/26, where he outlined the three objectives his department has with its budget.
These three objectives are:
- To lay a strong foundation in preparation for the improvement of the public health system of our country, and to lay the ground for the NHI
- To lay a strong foundation and to embark on the journey towards the elimination of certain diseases, especially communicable diseases, but not leaving non-communicable diseases behind.
- To implement serious reforms in the private health sector
On the first point, the Minister referred to criticism he, the Health Department and the government in general have received regarding their plans for NHI.
“There are people who believe that we have no plans nor inclination to do that. We want them to listen very attentively today,” he said. ….more