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IRR Submission to the Treasury: On National Health Insurance (NHI)

25 November 2024 - In this submission to the National Treasury the IRR calls for an assessment of taxpayer-flight risks linked to the NHI, that value-for-money ...

Health: Expand Access, Enrich Families

'#WhatSACanBe: 100 days to get SA back on track' is a series of nine short papers each focusing on a key policy area. Taken together, these papers offer a ...

IRR Submission, NHI Bill [B11B-2019] 15 September 2023

The IRR submission to various legislative bodies raises serious issues with the proposed NHI Bill and proposes a number of solutions to achieve universal ...

FreeFACTS - June 2023

This edition of FreeFACTS looks at the issue of South African healthcare. It notes that on a number of indicators South African healthcare is doing well but ...

FreeFACTS - September 2022

This edition looks at South African healthcare expenditure. It notes that despite high levels of resources being expended on healthcare in the country South ...

FreeFACTS - July 2021

10 September 2021 - This edition of FreeFACTS looks at the state of healthcare in South Africa and warns of the threat of NHI.

FreeFACTS - June 2021

6 August 2021 - Latest population estimates show that South Africa now has a population of more than 60 million people. The most striking findings from the ...

freeFACTS - March 2020

South Africa, like most of the rest of world is dealing with the Covid-19 crisis. However, there have been serious questions raised about whether the country’s ...

What’s wrong with the golden promise of NHI?

Read the IRR’s updated proposal to solve the South African healthcare crisis.

What's wrong with the golden promise of NHI?

21 August 2018 - The government claims that its proposed National Health Insurance (NHI) system will reduce the costs of healthcare and provide all South ...