South Africa Expected To Release White Paper Outlining National Health Insurance Plan, CNN Reports

CNN: After a 70 year wait, is universal health care finally coming to South Africa?
“…South Africa is on the brink of overhauling its health care system — and it’s a plan 70 years in the making. … [W]ith the imminent release of a government white paper outlining a new National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme, there is new hope for millions that they will now be able to access far greater primary health care…” (Page, 9/22).

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