NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO. 945
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 10 MAY 2013
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO. 15)
Mrs S P Kopane (DA) to ask the Minister of Health:
What is the (a) total amount and (b) breakdown of the National Health
Insurance (NHI) grant diverted for national and provincial departmental
expenses?
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REPLY:
a) The National Treasury has allocated the sum of R339.5 million towards
the National Health Insurance Conditional Grant (NHI-CG) for the
2013/14 financial year.
b) The R339.5 million allocation is entirely directed towards funding
activities and interventions in the NHI pilot districts. R48.5 million
(14.3%) has been directed towards interventions that will be directly
implemented by the NHI pilot districts, with each district receiving
an allocation of R4.85 million. The difference of R291 million (85.7%)
is an indirect allocation that is intended to focus on two components,
namely the contracting of general practitioners (which receives an
allocation of R251 million) and the development of an alternative
reimbursement tool for central hospitals in the form of a Diagnosis
Related Groups (which receives an allocation of R40 million) for the
financial year.
None of these funds has been diverted for either national nor
provincial departmental expenses.
END.