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South Africa’s main opposition party announced it would go all the way to the Constitutional Court to fight the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill, aimed at providing universal health coverage, on Tuesday.
Just two weeks out from the general election on May, 29 2024, the Bill would see free healthcare provided at the point for care for all South Africans, whether in public or private facilities. The Bill is described as a material step towards achieving universal access to quality health care services in accordance with section 27 of the constitution, which instructs that “[t]he state must take reasonable legislative and other measures, within its available resources, to achieve the progressive realisation of each of these rights”.
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