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.
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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.
Coalition: government’s ‘piecemeal’ healthcare reforms fall short
The Universal Healthcare Access Coalition says the proposed tariff-setting measures for private healthcare side-step essential reforms.
BHF slams CMS report on LCBOs as flawed and politically motivated
The Board of Healthcare Funders questions the timing and content of the CMS’s report, claiming it ignores stakeholder input and the opposition to low-cost benefit options is politically motivated.
Closing the gaps in cancer care: academic advocates for patient-centred solutions
Associate Professor Tasleem Ras’s analysis of a patient’s case highlights critical pitfalls in cancer care.
