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The Select Committee on Health has called for public comment on the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill.
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- The objective of the Bill is to achieve universal access to quality health care services in the Republic in accordance with section 27 of the Constitution;
- to establish a National Health Insurance Fund and to set out its powers, functions and governance structures;
- to provide a framework for the strategic purchasing of health care services by the Fund on behalf of users;
- to create mechanisms for the equitable, effective and efficient utilisation of the resources of the Fund to meet the health needs of the population;
- to preclude or limit undesirable, unethical and unlawful practices in relation to the Fund and its users.
Have your say on the NHI Bill.
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