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BusinessLive reports that the Department of Health (DOH) expects within the next month to release its first set of draft regulations for the National Health Insurance (NHI) Act for public comment.
NHI is the ANC’s plan for achieving universal health coverage. The Act paves the way for the creation of a government-controlled NHI fund that will purchase health services from accredited public and private providers. President Cyril Ramaphosa assented to the legislation on 15 May, but the Act has yet to be brought into effect as none of its sections have been promulgated. Addressing MPs in the National Council of Provinces on Tuesday, the DOH’s deputy director-general for NHI, Nicholas Crisp, outlined some of the preparations under way for the scheme. These include drafting regulations for sections 12 to 30 of the Act, which cover the appointment of the board of the NHI fund. The proposed regulations would be gazetted for public comment after the relevant sections of the Act had been promulgated, and interested parties would have three months to comment, Crisp advised. Once the board was established, it would appoint a CEO and set up the requisite administrative structures. Funds would follow the creation of these functions for the NHI fund, a process that could take up to three years, Crisp indicated.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Tamar Kahn at BusinessLive
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