Private healthcare firms object to health insurance overhaul Cabinet wants insurance revamp concluded before elections
South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa is likely to sign-off on a controversial health insurance bill before this year’s national elections, according to Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, a minister in the presidency.
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“We think it’s a priority that it must be signed during this period so that the full implementation can take place” under the new administration, Ntshavheni said on the sidelines of an annual strategy meeting of Ramaphosa’s cabinet in the capital, Pretoria, on Thursday.
Source: Bloomberg
