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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>South African lawmakers agreed to defer a vote on a controversial national insurance plan that seeks to reform the nation\u2019s health system.<\/p>\n

A motion was adopted in the National Council of Provinces on Wednesday to move the vote to 6 December. The legislation is being presented to lawmakers after pleas from opposition parties, doctors and business groups to change it.<\/p>\n

The bill seeks to ensure all South Africans have access to quality health-care services and provides for the establishment of a fund that will be used to pay for almost all medical treatment from accredited providers, with rates to be set by the state. Private insurers will only be able to pay for products and services that aren\u2019t covered by the fund.<\/p>\n

Lawmakers have failed to consult adequately or take the concerns of numerous clinician bodies into account, according to the South African Health Professions Collaboration, which represents 25,000 doctors.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe potential consequences of rushing through the NHI Bill without critical amendments are far-reaching and will further undermine the country\u2019s ability to deliver quality health care to the very patients it seeks to protect,\u201d it said in a statement. \u201cThe bill will also have severe repercussions for the economy and the country\u2019s long-term economic sustainability.\u201d<\/p>\n

Once approved by the NCOP, the bill will be referred to President Cyril Ramaphosa, who can either sign it into law or request lawmakers to amend it. Passing the legislation without modifications would set the stage for a court challenge on the grounds that it erodes the constitutional rights of both patients and health-care professionals \u2014 and that input from interested groups wasn\u2019t given adequate consideration.<\/p>\n

NHI critics argue that it doesn\u2019t spell out how the government will raise the as much as 500 billion rand ($27 billion) that\u2019s estimated to be needed to fund it \u2014 it merely states that money will come from general tax revenue, payroll taxes, surcharges on personal income tax and the reallocation of funding for tax credits that are currently paid to private insurers.<\/p>\n

About 16% of the population have private medical insurance and account for just over half of national expenditure on treatment, while the balance of the money is spent on the other 84% of the population who rely solely on an overburdened public health system \u2014 a spending mismatch health officials say NHI will address.<\/p>\n

The problem, according to Discovery Ltd., the country\u2019s largest medical-insurance provider, is the same people who pay to secure private treatment already fund about 80% of South Africa\u2019s public health-care needs through taxes.<\/p>\n

Busi Mavuso, the chief executive officer of Business Leadership South Africa, warns that NHI as currently envisaged in the law would ultimately leave all South Africans worse off, with the state unable to provide adequate services and private provision effectively closed down.<\/p>\n

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