NCOP
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO. 509
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 28 October 2011
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO. 33)
Mrs E C van Lingen (DA-EC) to ask the Minister of Health:
Whether his department keeps records of the impact of foreign nationals on
the health (a) budget and (b) facilities in each province; if not, why not;
if so, what are the relevant details?
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REPLY:
1) Healthcare services in South Africa are not financed on the basis of
allocations to legal and illegal immigrants. Services are provided in
accordance with international obligations that South Africa is
signatory to.
2) Institutions do collect user fees from those that are eligible to pay,
including immigrants.
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