(1) Whether, with regard to the Green Paper on the National Health Insurance (details furnished), a country’s health system should always be designed to deal with its burden of diseases; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details; (2) whether South Africa’s current health system has taken our burden of diseases into account; if not, why not; if so, what are the reasons for this problem statement in the Green Paper; (3) what is South Africa’s burden of diseases?