Financing South Africa’s National Health System through National Health Insurance

The provision of universal access to healthcare, a right enshrined in the South African Constitution, is the responsibility of government. Although much progress has been made towards the creation of a national health system which makes ‘access to health for all’ a reality, much remains to be done.

As a means to facilitate debate on the subject, the Policy Analysis Unit of the HSRC hosted a colloquium on ‘Health within a comprehensive system of social security’, under the auspices of the South African National Liaison Committee of Unesco’s Management of Social Transformation Programme. The main purpose of the colloquium was to initiate policy dialogue and critical discussion on how health services are accessed, provided and funded – and to formulate ideas, views and recommendations that could be presented to those involved in health policy development.

This publication contains the keynote addresses and a summary of deliberations that emerged from the colloquium.

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