NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO. 2273
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 26 August 2011
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO. 26)
Mr D A Kganare (Cope) to ask the Minister of Health:
(1) What are the costs to each province of providing health care services
to (a) legal and (b) illegal immigrants;
(2) whether his department intends recouping these costs from the
countries of origin of these immigrants; 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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