Disastrous NHI will lead South Africans’ health to take a turn for the worse - Solidarity
2 June 2018
The trade union Solidarity said today that it condemns the nationalisation of health care by means of the proposed National Health Insurance in the strongest of terms and that it will oppose this damaging ideologically-motivated policy vehemently.
The trade union further stated that it will launch a countrywide campaign to obtain input which will point out the negative consequences of this legislature for all citizens.
Morné Malan, a researcher at the Solidarity Research Institute stated that it is astonishing to watch how the ANC always succeeds in adopting the weakest possible policy, which historically failed in countries like Venezuela and Cuba, while policy in the foremost economies of the world are regarded as egregious by the ruling party.
According to Malan, the trade union condemns the government’s proposal to impose the NHI on all South Africans. "The proposal, if not explicitly, is definitely a de facto the nationalisation of health care in South Africa and Solidarity strongly doubts the government’s motivation," Malan said.