Smokers and drinkers may cough up more to fund NHI

29 January 2020 - 07:00
By SIPOKAZI FOKAZI
Smokers may pay more for NHI.
Image: 123rf.com/marcbruxelle Smokers may pay more for NHI.

With many South Africans still in the dark about how the financing of the proposed National Health Insurance will affect their pockets, smokers and drinkers might end up feeling the pinch most.

That’s if recommendations in a new report are anything to go by.

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