THE NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE ACT: A CONSTITUTIONAL PERSPECTIVE
2025-07-11
Sonia Twongyeirwe outlines constitutional concerns raised by stakeholders regarding the National Health Insurance Act and its proposed implementation.
Sonia Twongyeirwe outlines constitutional concerns raised by stakeholders regarding the National Health Insurance Act and its proposed implementation.
Daniela Ellerbeck outlines the FW de Klerk Foundation’s formal comments on the Department of Health’s Proposed Governance Regulations for the National Health Insurance Fund.
Shortly after 15h00 today, 15 May 2024, President Cyril Ramaphosa signed the National Health Insurance Bill (now Act) into law. In what some may see as a last attempt to gain goodwill for the ANC, he assented to the highly controversial law just 14 days shy of the national election.
The first in a series of articles on the National Health Insurance Bill, FW de Klerk Foundation Interns Shaun Kinnes and Siyakudumisa Zcina outline the seeming intentions of the NHI and its problems.
On Tuesday 13 June 2023, the first house of Parliament, the National Assembly, passed the controversial National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill that will do nothing more than ensure all South Africans receive an equal share of a failed public health care system.