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The Solidarity Doctors Network says it believes there is little trust in South Africa that the ANC-led government will be able to make the National Health Insurance (NHI) work.

Government proposed the NHI over a decade ago, to ensure that everyone gets access to quality healthcare, regardless of their wealth status. However, the network is skeptical and Board Member Dr Angelique Coetzee said money issues will be the biggest impediment to making the NHI work.“So, if we look at the current HR component of doctors in the public sector, we know that there’s not enough doctors, especially specialists.

”The Health Department’s Deputy Director General Nicholas Crisp says the NHI is aimed atThe ANC initiated the idea of the NHI in 2007 saying it wanted to broaden access to medical treatment in a country where at least 72% of the population relies on a public system with too few doctors and dilapidated facilities.“We have an extremely inequitable health care system in South Africa.

 

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