ANALYSIS | How Cyril got it wrong on NHI

12 February 2019 - 08:00
By Katharine Child
President Cyril Ramaphosa during his State of the Nation Address in Parliament in Cape Town on February 7 2019.
Image: ESA ALEXANDER/SUNDAY TIMES President Cyril Ramaphosa during his State of the Nation Address in Parliament in Cape Town on February 7 2019.

President Cyril Ramaphosa created confusion with a remark about the proposed National Health Insurance (NHI) during his State of the Nation Address, health experts told Times Select.

They said his comments about the NHI appeared to contradict what the NHI bill states – but it could also just be proof of the incoherence of the NHI policy.