National Health Insurance White Paper 2017

whitepaper on NHI 2017

National Health Insurance (NHI) is a healthcare financing system that is designed to pool funds to
actively purchase and provide access to quality, affordable personal healthcare services for all
South Africans based on their health needs, irrespective of their socioeconomic status. NHI is
intended to move South Africa towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC) by ensuring that the
population has access to quality health services and that it does not result in financial hardships
for individuals and their families