Civil society group AfriForum has served a summons on President Cyril Ramaphosa and Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi. This intensifies its court bid to have the National Health Insurance (NHI) Act declared unconstitutional. The organisation instructed the Sheriff of the Court to deliver a combined summons to five senior state office-bearers. This signals that the fight over NHI is moving…
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Racial Bias in South Africa’s Healthcare System
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi is scheduled to receive a report this week. The report concerns allegations of racial discrimination and racial bias against Black healthcare providers. The report results from a section 59 investigation into claims of discrimination by South Africa’s medical schemes. Members of the National Health Care Professionals Association and Solutionist Thinkers publicly accused medical schemes and administrators…
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High Court ruling on certificate of need not linked to NHI
Last week, the Pretoria High Court overturned the certificate of need requirement that controls where doctors work and healthcare facilities are set up. Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi clarified that this judgment is unrelated to the National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme. The certificate of need was part of the National Health Act, introduced 20 years before the NHI Act. The court…