Dr Joe Phaahla, the Health Minister, has announced that the National Health Insurance will undergo implementation over the upcoming four years.
During this phase, the focus is on establishing and fortifying the healthcare platform and implementing quality improvement initiatives across all provinces. He mentioned that the government already has some readily available options in mind to supplement funding, referring to them as “low-hanging fruit.”, despite the availability of free healthcare services from the government, as he mentioned, there remains a lack of adequate access to physiotherapy, audiology, dentistry, and general practitioners operating independently from their premises.
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