NHI must be signed into being to rectify our healthcare inequality

Opposition to the scheme, which will usher in quality, universal healthcare, is baffling

24 March 2024 - 00:00 By PANYAZA LESUFI

The drive towards achieving quality universal healthcare through National Health Insurance (NHI), which guarantees all South Africans access to affordable and high-quality health care irrespective of their socioeconomic status, is the most innovative and transformative policy achievement of the previous 30 years...

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