As NHI stalls, the real debate is about trade offs

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Healthcare funding is always about trade-offs, writes Thoneshan Naidoo, CEO of the Health Funders Association. The hardest question in healthcare is not what we would like to provide, he argues, but what we can provide sustainably, fairly and at scale.

As NHI stalls, the real debate is about trade offs

OPINION: Reflections on a budget of ‘unmet expectations’

Posted in: COVID-19, Healthcare system, HIV/AIDS, Latest, NHI

Budgets alone do not solve structural issues, but what it does is provide some insight into the government’s plans for addressing its broader developmental priorities. Russel Rensburg unpacks what the medium-term budget policy statement means for the health sector.