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.
The FW de Klerk Foundation submitted formal comments on the Department of Health’s Proposed Governance Regulations for the National Health Insurance Fund and called for the Regulations to be withdrawn as the Minister has acted unlawfully by proposing them before consulting the NHI Fund.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.