NHI Bill is constitutional - state law advisers tell Parliament
The National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill is constitutional, state law advisers told the portfolio committee on health on Thursday.
Acting chief state law adviser Ayesha Johaar said the bill had been certified as "constitutionally aligned" last month.
Johaar added Section 27 of the Constitution obliged the state to take reasonable measures to give effect to the right to health care, adding South Africa was party to international agreements with which the republic must comply.
She said the goal of the NHI was to further comply with section 27 and international agreements.
Johaar added the bill's provisions connected rationally with constitutional obligations.