AFRICA TREND: The Road to Universal Healthcare in South Africa
Navigating the NHI Bill
Senior Consultant Yaa Ngonyama explores the challenges and milestones in implementing the National Health Insurance Bill, which President Cyril Ramaphosa signed into law.
Learn more as Senior Consultant Yaa Ngonyama at Frost & Sullivan Africa discusses the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill and how its recent signing by President Cyril Ramaphosa marks a step towards universal healthcare in South Africa. However, full implementation is still a long way off, with the Bill needing to pass through public hearings and parliamentary debates and address various concerns before it becomes fully operational. The NHI aims to provide all South Africans access to quality healthcare, but the journey to achieving this goal is complex. Private healthcare will remain largely unaffected until then, with medical schemes offering complementary cover.
