Author: Michael Settas

SIU report on Digital Vibes is a strong warning against NHI

Various articles quote medical staff in the Eastern Cape as citing understaffing and a lack of budget as the eminent problems. But a comparative analysis of results from the province’s neighbour, the Western Cape, indicates that this argument does not stack up to scrutiny.

An Overview of South Africa’s Health Assets and the National Health Insurance Policy

If the government now wishes to leverage off the positive consequences (ie the financial reserves) of the prudence of medical schemes, managed effectively under difficult circumstances over the past 20 years, then the least they could do is to recognise it as a valuable sector of our economy.

Covid-19 and the case against a state-run National Health Insurance

It was India’s late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi who once said, “Beware of ministers who can do nothing without money, and those who want to do everything with money.”

A short trip down memory lane tells us that when the 1st draft of the Demarcation Regulations (DR) was published in 2012 it effectively banned gap cover products outright – even though gap cover products had already been in existence for around two d

The frenzied reactions to health minister Zweli Mkhize’s new National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill demonstrates that healthcare is an emotive subject for South Africans, with diverse ideologies and often fiercely opposing principles put forward by var

Health minister Zweli Mkhize has the “silver bullet” for the country’s healthcare woes, the parliamentary portfolio committee on health has said.

When in the grip of election fever, it becomes even more difficult than usual to decipher facts from the deluge of rhetoric and obfuscation proffered by politicians.