Wednesday, November 04, 2009

New health scheme heading for the back burner

By Khanyisa Tabata
03 November 2009



Health Minister Aaron Motsoaladi is expected to give notice that the National Health Insurance scheme, which was expected to cost tax payers billions, will be delayed.

A number of senior participants in the sector says Motsoaladi was uncomfortable with NHI proposals, which were supposed to be published in a green paper before the end of the year.

The biggest obstacle to the programme is cost, which is estimated from 100-billion to 300-billion-Rands, depending on the benefits made available to every citizen.

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