Solidarity slams unconstitutionality of the NHI Bill in submission to the president
25 January 2024
Solidarity disputes the legality of the National Health Insurance Bill (NHI) in an urgent submission directed to Pres. Cyril Ramaphosa today.
The submission emphasises that the implementation of the NHI is not properly outlined in the bill, and it also indicates how the bill fails to prove the affordability of the NHI.
These flaws give rise to questions on the legality of the law-making process as procedures were apparently not followed correctly during the voting processes on the bill in the National Assembly and in the National Council of Provinces.
“Solidarity directs its submission to the President on behalf of its members, the community and the wider public as the interest groups it represents. The purpose is to request the president to seriously reconsider the NHI Bill,” Theuns du Buisson, economic researcher at the Solidarity Research Institute (SRI) said.