The nonprofit Health Funders Association (HFA), representing stakeholders involved in the funding of private healthcare in South Africa, recently held a symposium on the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill.
The NHI, membership of which will be compulsory, aims to address healthcare inequity in South Africa by providing equitable access to quality healthcare services. Ramaphosa signed the NHI Bill into law in May despite widespread concerns about the financial viability and impact on the healthcare system it would have.
At its symposium on 19 June the HFA discussed changes that those working in the private health industry could face in the coming years, and how these changes might affect the country, the health sector and medical scheme members. ….more
