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ANC and its ministers reject reports of NHI ‘concessions’

Posted in: Access to Medicines, Focus 1, Focus 2, Healthcare system, Latest, NHI

Recent media reports over the future of NHI have been contradictory and hard to make sense of. Chris Bateman chased up those in a position to know where things stand – it seems the ANC has not in fact made any major concessions on NHI. There is however agreement that medical schemes won’t be phased out in the next few years, something that likely wouldn’t have happened in any case given the poor state of the economy and the long timeline for NHI implementation.

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NHI offers an opportunity to boost primary healthcare – we must seize it

Posted in: Access to Medicines, Focus 1, Focus 2, Healthcare system, Latest, NHI, Opinions, Spotlight

To see National Health Insurance primarily as the setting up of a state-run medical aid scheme risks underplaying its massive potential to restructure how public healthcare services are organised and funded, and with that, its potential to boost the delivery of primary healthcare services in South Africa, argues Russell Rensburg.

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In the Spotlight | How will NHI unfold? Here are three possible scenarios

Posted in: #InTheSpotlight, Focus 1, Focus 2, Healthcare system, Latest, NHI, Special Investigations, Spotlight

As health department officials move to set up National Health Insurance’s basic structures, including its board, several experts say the scheme remains a pipe-dream, doomed to the same fate as Gauteng’s aborted e-tolls project. In this Spotlight special briefing, Jesse Copelyn outlines three possible scenarios for how NHI might pan out over the coming years.

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Eye health services in the public sector are critically impaired – it is high time the health department responds

Posted in: Focus 2, Healthcare system, Latest, Opinions, Provinces, Spotlight

Despite South Africa producing a substantial number of trained optometrists, the majority of them work in the private sector and in urban areas. This imbalance leaves rural communities underserved and exacerbates health inequities. Does it make sense for us to use public funds and institutions to train people predominantly for the private sector, ask Dr Haseena Majid and Rene Sparks.

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