Cape Town — About R500 million is expected to be set aside in the 2012 Budget to fund pilot sites for the National Health Insurance (NHI) system, the Minister of Finance Pravin Gordhan revealed today.
Briefing media before presenting his Medium Term Budget Policy Statement in Parliament, Gordhan said the pilots would form the first part of a 14-year programme to introduce the NHI system.
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