The National Department of Health has presented its proposals to fund South Africa’s new National Health Insurance scheme, including new taxes.
This will include the normal tax collection methods like VAT, personal tax, excise, company tax and so on, which is collected by SARS. Reallocation of funding for medical scheme tax credits paid to various medical schemes towards the funding of National Health Insurance. This is estimated to be around R27 billion in 2019/20.
A central NHI Fund is expected to cover all necessary health care and to exclude very little, but this will be progressive as the reforms are rolled out.A payroll tax will be considered, as one alternative collection method, since it replaces the need to buy care through medical schemes.The department also reiterated that the NHI is a necessity in South Arica as the current health system is ‘failing everyone’.
No. We will never get the health care. Neglected, destroyed and dysfunctional health service. No thanks! Keep it
There is sufficient tax to pay for the proposed scheme already, if only the government would stop their organized crime activities using state funds
No. No, no, no. It isn't working and it won't work. Forget the socialist NHI idea. There is ample proof from around the world that it doesn't work.
Lol so that every hospital can become another Charlotte Maxeke? No thanks.
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