MAILBOX: Dissective, discrediting responses to Dr Crisp’s NHI advocacy
One of Dr Nicholas Crisp’s arguments in favour of NHI is that South Africa’s private sector is to blame for much of the country’s wasted healthcare spend.
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Dr. Nicholas Crisp: Wasteful healthcare expenditure can be traced back to the private sector
Much of the waste in SA’s healthcare expenditure is the fault of “unjustifiable private sector costs and public sector inefficiencies” – Dr Nicholas Crisp.
SA healthcare inequity: ‘Patients shouldn’t be treated better because they can afford to pay more’
South Africa has a highly unequal healthcare system. Russell Rensberg looks at what Covid-19 exposed in the public healthcare sector.
Lessons from Spain: Covid-19 exposed the inefficiency of a National Health Service – Roxana Nicula
Spain is a very clear example of what should not be emulated in the fight to conquer the Covid-19 pandemic, writes Roxana Nicula.
Future of private healthcare looking ill
The private healthcare sector is under pressure to reform and adopt alternative billing models as the traditional fee-for-service model is coming under pressure.
NHI a vast cost to taxpayers, will undermine healthcare system – IRR
Pressing ahead with National Health Insurance will steadily undermine South Africa’s excellent private healthcare system, and overburden the country’s already gravely deficient public health system, at vast cost to taxpayers.