ANA reports that public hearings on the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill will start towards the end of October, Parliament announced on Sunday.
The bill aims "to achieve universal access to quality health care services in South Africa in accordance with section 27 of the Constitution, to establish a National Health Insurance Fund and to set out its powers, functions, and governance structures, and to provide a framework for the strategic purchasing of health care services by the fund on behalf of users". The public hearings will start in Mpumalanga from 25 to 28 October. Thereafter, hearings will be held in the Northern Cape from 1 to 4 November. Information about hearings in other provinces will be communicated timeously before they begin. The public engagement process will take place on weekends to accommodate people unavailable during the week. Venues, days, and times would be communicated closer to the start of the hearings.
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