This country cannot afford not to introduce the National Health Insurance system if it is to care for all its people, Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi said yesterday.
Despite pumping some 8.5% of the country’s GDP into health – almost double what other Brics countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) spent – the system was effectively failing some 84% of the country’s people, who did not have access to quality healthcare, Motsoaledi said in Grahamstown.
Motsoaledi: SA must introduce NHI
Despite pumping some 8.5% of the country’s GDP into health – almost double what other Brics countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) spent – the system was effectively failing some 84% of the country’s people, who did not have access to quality healthcare, Motsoaledi said in Grahamstown.
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