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Taxes and more taxes: what to expect from NHI

08 August 2019 - 06:00 By KATHERINE CHILD and Staff Reporter
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Health minister Zweli Mkhize has been empowered by the bill to make regulations that payments are conditional to meeting quality standards of care, 'or the achievement of specified levels of performance'.
Health minister Zweli Mkhize has been empowered by the bill to make regulations that payments are conditional to meeting quality standards of care, 'or the achievement of specified levels of performance'.
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Times Select has had a sneak peak at the government's highly awaited National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill before its public release.

And it shows the government is planning a single national pricing regimen and a surcharge on personal income tax, as well as an employer tax, and a minor role for medical aids

 

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