President Cyril Ramaphosa asked the country’s biggest business lobby group to submit proposals on its concerns with a recent law that will lay the groundwork for the National Health Insurance (NHI) system.
The president has requested Business Unity South Africa "put forward specific proposals on the remaining issues of concern as a basis for further engagement," the presidency said in a statement Tuesday, after Ramaphosa met with the lobby’s leadership.
"Government remains committed to engaging with all stakeholders in good faith on the process of health-care reform, and to finding workable solutions that will advance quality and affordable health care for all," the presidency said.
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BUSA has previously described the plan as unaffordable and unconstitutional. It’s also said the "legislation, in its current form, is unimplementable and damaging to the country’s health-care sector, to the economy more broadly and to investor confidence."
