Is this the first major step towards National Health Insurance (NHI) becoming a reality in South Africa? One trade union now ‘fears for our doctors’.

This week, the SA Medical Association laid out its beef with the NHI proposals facing South Africa – and many doctors see emigration as their way out.

The KZN government’s vaccine roll-out and National Health Insurance Plan is a priority to ensure access to healthcare for all citizens.

The finance minister highlighted education and health as a priority in his Budget Speech

Ramaphosa revealed that the plan to enact the NHI Bill is in line with the global goal of universal health coverage.

Minister Zweli Mkhize has made a very bold claim to start the year: He predicts that NHI will put private and public hospitals on par with each other.

The government tabled the NHI Bill in parliament in August.

The National Health Insurance (NHI) plan looks set to drain taxpayers’ pockets.

The pamphlet was allegedly not signed off by Parliament’s portfolio committee, and promoted “ANC’s agenda.”

The party stipulates that NHI pilots had “inadequate planning, a lack of resources and inconsistent communication.”

“We are determined that there is appropriate intervention.”

Provincial debt a clear sign that government would fail to run NHI successfully.

The union also welcomed the extension of the period for the submission of comments by the public on the bill.

DA condemns NHI Bill and says: “This will do nothing to improve the quality of healthcare in both the public and private health industries.”

Public is paying more for less when it comes to private health facilities.

Statistics show that 30% of hospitals that offer mental health services don’t have a clinical psychologist, either.

South Africa’s government has received some much-needed support for its NHI BIll from a group of former world leaders known as The Elders.

The battle has about the future shape of South African healthcare has started, and it is a battle royal which will clearly have massive implications any which way it goes.

Another issue that divides: Both Tito Mboweni and Zweli Mkhize are under fire for being “at variance with one another” over the controversial NHI bill.

Minister in the Presidency Jackson Mthembu has pleaded with the public to engage with the NHI Bill themselves after it was panned in the media.

‘Not on our watch’: That’s the message coming from the DA on Tuesday, as they unveil their plans to halt NHI before it can be rolled out in South Africa.

Ensure your Medical Aid is in place before seeing these heart-stopping figures. We’re looking at three estimated costs for NHI, and how it’d hurt taxpayers.

National Health Insurance may result in a deadly skills deficit .

The mood is glum: More industry experts are claiming that doctors are planning to leave South Africa en masse if the NHI bill is signed into law.

The Institute of Race Relations is concerned that the bureaucracy involved with the NHI Bill will completely stifle the healthcare sector.