Tag: UHAC

  • NHI Truce Talks: Godongwana Pushes Settlement On NHI

    South Africa’s National Health Insurance (NHI) debate may finally be shifting from courtroom combat to negotiation. Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has called for the parties litigating against the NHI Act to declare a truce and work towards a settlement. The message is simple. Years of fighting over the policy have drained attention from the daily job of fixing a strained…

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  • Healthcare coalition opposes collective bargaining plan

    The United Healthcare Access Coalition (UHAC), a coalition of 34 healthcare organisations, has urged the government to abandon its proposed collective bargaining scheme for private healthcare providers. It argues that the plan is legally flawed and unlikely to reduce costs. The draft regulations, published last month by Trade, Industry, and Competition Minister Parks Tau, propose temporarily exempting medical schemes and…

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