TO: ALL MEDIA
DATE: 23 OCTOBER 2023
HEALTH COMMITTEE TO CONVENE PUBLIC HEARING ON NHI BILL IN MOGALE CITY
Gauteng Provincial Legislature’s Portfolio Committee of Health and Wellness, led by Honourable Dr Rebecca Digamela will convene a public hearing on the National Health Insurance Bill to be held at the Mogale City Centenary Hall in Krugersdorp on Tuesday, 24 October 2023 from 10h00.
The Bill seeks to achieve universal access to quality health care services in the Republic in accordance with section 27 of the Constitution; to establish a National Health Insurance Fund and to set out its powers, functions and governance structures; to provide a framework for the strategic purchasing of health care services by the Fund on behalf of users; to create mechanisms for the equitable, effective and efficient utilisation of the resources of the Fund to meet the health needs of the population; to preclude or limit undesirable, unethical and unlawful practices and unlawful practices in relation to the Fund and its users.
The public hearing will also be streamed-live as follows:
YouTube: https://youtube.com/live/8QeEFDaio2I?feature=share
Facebook: https://fb.me/e/15ziUx47B
ISSUED BY THE GPL’S COMMUNICATIONS UNIT ON BEHALF OF CHAIRPERSON OF PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE OF HEALTH AND WELLNESS, HON. REBECCA DIGAMELA
For more information and interview requests please contact: Mr Abe Mokoka on
079 882 5425 email: amokoka@gpl.gov.za
