Will cutting minimum medical benefits really make cover cheaper?
The Board of Healthcare Funders wants a leaner PMB package, but the CMS points to provider prices, treatment costs, and other pressures on scheme expenditure.
NHI
Has the NHI debate reached a turning point?
Discovery believes the legal challenges have shifted government’s thinking on NHI and created an opportunity to pursue a more workable path to universal health coverage.
Parliament to assess fallout from certificate-of-need judgment
The Portfolio Committee will ask the Department of Health for a briefing on the implications of the Constitutional Court’s ruling.
NHI case hinges on one question: was the public truly heard?
The Constitutional Court must decide whether Parliament’s NHI process met constitutional standards – or whether the law must go back for a redo.
High Court order stalls NHI roll-out until ConCourt decision
The Pretoria High Court formalises an agreement between the Presidency and NHI opponents to stay ongoing court proceedings.
Ramaphosa pauses NHI promulgation pending ConCourt ruling
The President undertakes not to bring any provisions of the NHI Act into force until the Constitutional Court rules on two cases.
AfriForum serves summons in constitutional challenge to NHI Act
The summons argues the NHI Act limits patient choice, centralises provincial health functions, and lacks sufficient financial and institutional feasibility.
Call for NHI settlement exposes fault lines over healthcare reform
Organisations engaged in litigation to oppose the NHI Act respond to Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s appeal for a compromise.
BHF asks Treasury for clarity on plan to phase out medical tax credits
According to the Board of Healthcare Funders, the Department of Health’s presentation indicates the credits will be eliminated by the beginning of 2029.
NHI Act | Sakeliga opposes Health Minister’s stay-and-consolidate application
The business group says the proposed stay will shield the Act from judicial review while allowing implementation to continue.
Health department, Treasury discussing changes to medical tax credit
Policymakers are planning a systematic phasing-out of the rebate as the NHI Fund takes over payment for benefits financed through medical schemes.
Bestmed marks sixth year of membership growth
Despite economic headwinds and high claims ratios, Bestmed grew net membership by 4.4% in 2024, bolstered by strong solvency and a R164.4m surplus.
HFA warns: NHI will slash healthcare, raise taxes, and drain the economy
The Health Funders Association, which represents nearly half of SA’s private healthcare market, is the latest organisation to launch a legal challenge against the NHI Act.
High Court orders Ramaphosa to disclose NHI signing record
The President must produce the full record of his decision-making when assenting to the NHI Bill after the court rejected arguments that such records fall outside judicial review.
Health practitioners outline constitutional challenge to NHI Act
The SA Medical Association is particularly concerned about the Act’s impact on overburdened healthcare professionals, as well as patients’ ability to access treatment.
Health Minister publishes draft regulations for NHI Fund governance
The regulations set out the process for selecting the NHI Fund’s leadership, including its board, chief executive, and advisory committees.
What the BHF and HASA are arguing in their legal challenges to the NHI Act
The Board of Healthcare Funders wants to see records that disclose whether President Cyril Ramaphosa disregarded constitutional concerns before signing the NHI Act into law.
