Presidency Cyril Ramaphosa has vowed to sign the controversial National Health Insurance bill into law, despite mounting opposition from the private sector, economists, analysts and legal experts, who have called the laws unworkable.
Delivering the ANC’s January 8th statement this past weekend, Ramaphosa addressed the looming NHI as part of the “positives” the governing party had brought to the people of South Africa.
He said that the NHI bill was a result of “30 years of struggle” and assured the crowd of thousands of ANC supporters that the bill would be signed into law to give everyone in the country access to free healthcare.
“This is going to happen whether they like it or not,” he said. “There has been huge opposition against the introduction of the National Health Insurance. I can say we are going to proceed…it will go ahead.” [January 8th address, 31:10]….m0re