David Ansara was featured in the Independent on Saturday expressing the FMF’s doubts about the workability of National Health Insurance.
The Free Market Foundation insists that organised business must change its future approach to dealings with government, and reject the NHI proposal with the contempt that it deserves.
As we battle with a state that is running out of funds – but not out of things to spend the funds on – we must have a through conversation about what rights are and what they are not.
The NHI Bill represents an unachievable, unaffordable, and unconstitutional policy.
The NHI Bill is politically motivated, unaffordable, incapable of delivering better health outcomes, and will infringe on numerous constitutional rights.
The NHI proposals illustrate a lack of foresight about the future of healthcare. This should be of concern to everyone and especially those who faithfully support the legislation.
Those who want the government to take responsibility for their healthcare should be free to do so, but under no circumstances must this mandate be interpreted as meaning government may dictate lifestyle choices to those who did not ask for their sovereignty over their own medical and healthcare affairs to be abrogated.
National Health Insurance; what does it mean for South Africa? What are the financial implications? What will the NHI mean for South Africa’s public and
Despite greater demand, the government has only slightly raised the number of trainee doctor places at government-run medical schools from what it was in the 1970s.
