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Litigation threats fly as soon as MPs adopt NHI Bill

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Parliament’s portfolio committee on health has formally adopted its amendments to the National Health Insurance Bill, marking a key milestone in the ANC-led government’s plans for achieving universal health coverage.

The committee has made only minor changes to the bill, prompting a warning from SA’s biggest medical scheme administrator Discovery Health that the legislation will be open to constitutional challenge, and eliciting an immediate threat of legal action from trade union Solidarity...

 

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