The Council on Medical Schemes says the ANC government’s plan to start a National Health Insurance (NHI) is well underway, and the plan has already been advanced to implement phase 3 of the program next year.
The Medical Schemes Board says the 2021-2022 year’s development of the Plan is on track for Phase 3 which will include a mandated prepaid system of the new scheme, which will also include contracts from accredited private hospitals and specialist services. This means that the finalization and implementation of the National Health Insurance Act will then take effect.
The proposed bill was already adopted and approved by Cabinet in 2019 and presented to the parliamentary health committee. After that, it was apparently subjected to the public “consultation” process and scheduled to be debated in parliament, and then announced by the president of the country. It is proposed to be finalized in 2022.
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