South Africa: Medical aids in their current form are out under the NHI — even if it means the end of the GNU, says Motsoaledi

Section 33 of the National Health Insurance (NHI) Act — the part that says medical aids in their current form will be scrapped, as they won’t be allowed to cover the same services as the NHI — is staying as is, even if it costs South Africa its Government of National Unity (GNU), Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi told Bhekisisa. 

“You can’t come and tell me ‘I support this universal coverage, but it (section 33) must go.’ It’s like supporting a house, but the foundation…