NCOP
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO. 652
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 25 November 2011
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO. 39)
Mr D Joseph (DA-WC) to ask the Minister of Health:
(1) Whether, with regard to the Green Paper on National Health Insurance
(NHI), details will be made available with regard to the alleged
claims that the World Health Organisation promotes the NHI as
universal coverage; if not, why not; if so, when;
(2) (a) what are the reasons for the Green Paper not defining the NHI and
(b) what is its definition?
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REPLY:
1) Honourable Member, this is not a claim. It is a fact that the World
Health Organisation (WHO) promotes healthcare financing that is
universal all over the world.
2) (a)-(b) The Honourable Member must go back and read the
Green Paper carefully. Then the Honourable Member will not ask
this question.
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