National Health Insurance: DA cites government failures and risk of looting

Lost your password? Please enter your username or email address. You will receive a link to create a new password via email.Lost your password? Please enter your username or email address. You will receive a link to create a new password via email.The Democratic Alliance has criticised the National Health Insurance , asserting that it will not solve the systemic issues plaguing South Africa’s healthcare sector.

“It is wrong that there are people who are not getting good healthcare when they go to Baragwanath hospital, it is wrong that babies are dying at Tembisa Hospital — but that omission has been the fault of the government,” Gwarube stated. Gwarube said the government has a constitutional obligation to ensure quality care across all health facilities, whether public or private.

She also highlighted the potential financial burden on taxpayers. “The additional tax burden that we will have, there is absolutely no way that the government will be able to fund this kind of extravagant R300 billion a year unless we start to increase the margins of tax.

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