Opinion
We can build NHI, and we should
Ultimately, we will all pay into a central health fund according to our means, receive medical treatment according to our needs - and sleep better at night
25 August 2019 - 00:02
It was completely predictable that the minute the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill saw the light of day, news headlines would again scream "It's unaffordable", "We don't have the capacity", and all the other myths and red herrings about NHI would once again be trotted out...
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