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Luxury: South Africa’s two-tier healthcare system offers selective protection to those who can afford medical aid contributions, co-payments and out-of-pocket expenses. (Photo Archive)

NHI is bugbear of the upper crust

It is the political and economic fightback of those who have long enjoyed the luxury of world-class care where wealth buys life, dignity and speed, while the poor are forced to queue, wait and too often die in silence

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Medicines, especially advanced therapies, come with high price tags. Photo: Madelene Cronje

Address barriers to accessing innovative medicines

Too often, systems have been designed around protecting profits rather than protecting lives

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