Minister of Health and Wellness
Question by:
Hon Gerrit Pretorius
Answered by:
Hon Nomafrench Mbombo
Question Number:
25
Question Body:
What will the effect be of the enactment of the National Health Insurance Bill [B 11–2019] on the operations and budget of her Department?
Answer Body:
Once the NHI is established the route of funding will change from the current route of Provincial Equitable Shares (PES) via block allocations to provincial governments and managed by Provincial Treasuries.
The fund will be a single purchaser and single payer of health care services. The fund will purchase services ie: central purchasing such as medicines which are currently done centrally and will contract directly with health service providers e.g. general practitioners, private hospitals, regional hospitals, as well as district management teams and private providers.
Date:
Thursday, June 15, 2023
