Parliament’s Select Committee on Health and Social Services has raised several concerns around the National Health Insurance Bill that was recently steamrolled through the National Assembly, and has been left with no answers.
The only response the department could give was to assure the committee that the NHI would work, and that it would be funded. The committee also asked the department to explain how the NHI will help to enhance technology at the healthcare centres, and where the funds will come from to assist those that are unable to assist themselves.
In response, the department simply assured the committee about “the existence of plans” to make the NHI provide quality healthcare services to the people.
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