Anja Smith

2 weeks ago | businesslive.co.za | Anja Smith |Claire Bisseker

Before the ANC adopted NHI at its Polokwane conference in 2007 SA had been preparing full throttle for social health insurance. This model would have involved thegradual extension of health insurance from the medical scheme population of about 8.9-million people to all 11.7-million formally employed. Now about 26% of the employed, or roughly 4.3-million South Africans (excluding dependants), have medical aid through their employer, but this cover is not mandatory.