Today the South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa signed the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill into law which can be seen as nothing else than desperate election politics. The National Elections take place later this month on the 29th May and no one expects a change of government. The numbers may be slightly tighter, but the ANC will still have a majority because the majority of the country is uneducated and believe in their corrupt Government officials.
Everyone knows why this has been pushed through so quickly kowing full well this is still years away from implementation. There are no funds available for such a NHI scheme and taxes need to be raised from a shrinking tax pool. The current stats show that unemployment has risen by another 0.8% currently sitting at 32.9% when we know full well it is between 45% and 55%. The ever shrinking tax pool cannot fund the current schemes let alone funding new ones.
The private sector is pretending to be against the NHI so that the blacks will be for it, and they will be able to feast on public money. SA is a mindfuck
What we will see happening is private hospitals dropping their standards further to accommodate this scheme which will eventually crash the entire health care system. Doctors and specialists will pack up and go because they are not going to accept being told how much they can charge. My GP has said she would close up her practice if this went through.
The only positive from all of this is that this is going to take years to get off the ground and by that time I will hopefully have moved. The so called big budget allows for a spend of R700 per citizen per year which is a whopping $38. Good luck on that number and why being part of a private medical scheme is a must have.
I remember the days of the NHS in England and one of my good friends is a dentist who has now gone private with Boots. My kids needed some fillings done and he mentioned under NHS budgetary requirements he could fix one and would coat the other teeth sealing hem. This would mean they would rot from the inside out ad he could fix them in the next financial year. Obviously that never happened and we had them fixed by paying the extra but that highlights the reality of such government health schemes.
The waiting periods are a joke and the biggest worry because now the private hospitals will fall under the National Healthcare scheme affecting everyone. Again the longer this takes the better and the hope it does not ever come to fruition because this is really bad news. When I pay for private healthcare there is no waiting period ad I suppose we can expect those premiums to rise yet again to guarantee the services we expect.
My family has been on private medical care since that time ad I regard it as the most important expense each month because you cannot afford to not have it. My wife just spent 2 weeks in hospital under private medical care and it cost us zero money besides our monthly payment. With healthcare you just never know when you need it and why you have to have it.
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I also hope that this never goes through. I might not have a lot of money and I might struggle a bit financially, but I have medical aid. Without it, my family would be in serious trouble!