Here's what major political parties have said they will implement to fix SA's health system if elected, or re-elected.
Here's what major political parties have said they will implement to fix SA's health system if elected, or re-elected.With the recent signing of the National Health Insurance Bill into law, the issue of health has again shot into politicians’ pre-election speeches.healthcare
It will also create a single electronic health record so healthcare workers can get information about patients wherever the person goes for help. “State control opens the door to maladministration and wholesale corruption, which has characterised almost all state-controlled schemes. The populist proposals contained in the NHI risk bankrupting the fiscus and deepening the healthcare system crisis.
“Risk equalisation plans involve transferring funds between different health insurance plans to adjust for the expected costs of medical care. This is done in advance and is based on the average costs for a set of essential services for a population. The goal is to treat all insurance plans as if they are part of one large fund.
It also plans to create post-retirement protection for pensioners to get life-long coverage and an income cross-subsidy based on a person’s income.It aims to create investigation units and watchdogs to eradicate corruption in the healthcare system, while also “developing a national health workers plan to identify skill shortages and to ensure that we have sufficient doctors, nurses and administrators in the system”.Health is also a majority priority for the Economic Freedom Fighters .
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