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International think tank policy dialogue on health, trade and innovation

03 Oct 18

Jasson Urbach

health, healthcare, intellectual property, innovation, Property rights, Expropriation without compensation

On 25 September think tank leaders from across the globe met in Bogota, Colombia to provide their perspectives on the policies and institutions required to promote and foster innovation in developing countries.…

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Die NGV en die aanslag op ons Vryheid

30 Aug 18

Chris Hattingh

Healthcare, NHI, individual rights

Hoe meer mag die staat het, hoe minder vryheid het die individu. Een van die grootste aanvalle nog op individuele vryheid kom in die vorm van die Nasionale Gesondheidsversekering (NGV).…

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Media release: HMI report says nothing new but careful timing supports Motsoaledi’s contentious NHI Bill

28 Aug 18 FMF Media Release

The preliminary findings of the Competition Commission’s Health Market Inquiry (HMI) into the private healthcare sector, the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill and the Medical Schemes Amendment Bill have all been published for public comment.…

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Alternatives to the NHI

24 Aug 18 Jasson Urbach

The Department of Health’s Dr Anban Pillay has slammed the Free Market Foundation (FMF) for criticising the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill and has requested that we submit reasons why we believe the government’s proposed NHI scheme will not wor…

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An unintended, but serious consequence of government’s drive to introduce NHI is that young adults and families will be hit the hardest

22 Aug 18 Jasson Urbach

A unintended, but serious consequence of government’s drive to introduce NHI is that young adults and families will be hit the hardest.…

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Funding figures vital for assessing the viability of NHI

24 Jul 18 Dr Johann Serfontein

Despite Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi not wanting to commit to even a rough estimate of costs of the National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme, the failure thereof will be funding.…

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Media release: Health insurance disappears for South Africans

23 Apr 18 FMF Media Release

The FMF is concerned that too few people are aware of and / or understand the implications of the demarcation regulations in the healthcare insurance market that came into effect from 1 April 2017 and which have a dramatic effect on how consumers pay…

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Media release: Consumers need to understand that medical insurance is changing – for worse

26 Mar 18 FMF Media Release

Insurance is a grudge purchase – a necessary expenditure most of us do not willingly make.…

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The private medical scheme is in an extremely precarious situation

05 Mar 18 Jasson Urbach

The Competition Commission’s Health Market Inquiry (HMI) into private healthcare confirmed – at great expense – what many people have known for years: the private medical scheme market is in an extremely precarious situation caused by government poli…

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Media release: Medical insurance Demarcation Regulations – latest attack on personal freedom by heavy handed state

16 Jan 18 FMF Media Release

Increasing state regulation is an insidious assault on personal freedom as more areas of citizens’ lives are subjected to government interference as a means to achieve government’s ideological ends,” said Leon Louw, Free Market Foundation (FMF) execu…

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