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Pretoria - South Africa published its draft National Health Insurance bill on Thursday, with one senior official estimating universal healthcare for millions of poorer citizens would cost about 256 billion rand to implement by 2022.

Less than 20 percent of the country's population of 58 million can afford private healthcare, while a majority of poor blacks queue at understaffed state hospitals short of equipment. "The day we have all been waiting for has arrived: today the National Health Insurance Bill is being introduced in parliament," said Health Minister Zweli Mkhize at the briefing, adding that the pooling of existing public funds should help reduce costs.

"The DA is convinced that instead of being a vehicle to provide quality healthcare for all, this Bill will nationalise healthcare ... and be an additional tax burden to already financially-stretched South Africans," said Siviwe Gwarube, the DA's shadow health minister, in a statement.

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