NHI Bill will not solve health problems - Letlape

The contentious NHI Bill now sits before President Cyril Ramaphosa to be signed into law. However, former President of the Health Professionals Council of South Africa, Dr Kgosi Letlape, says the bill will not solve
problems in the health sector.
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  • @mbusosiera1648
    @mbusosiera16486 ай бұрын

    I love the ethical honesty of Dr Kgosi Letlape , he also helped draft ActionSA's policy on healthcare!

  • @mossfairy3060

    @mossfairy3060

    6 ай бұрын

    Well said Dr...

  • @nomvuyonothembampalweni6578

    @nomvuyonothembampalweni6578

    5 ай бұрын

    Agreed, though the way he is frustrated and is disagreeing with the bill makes me wonder if proper doctors who care for their patients were ever consulted. This government even manipulates public hearings they just push their agendas. Yet another rubber stamp indeed

  • @Truthseeker-iz3dj

    @Truthseeker-iz3dj

    5 ай бұрын

    There will be no point working for a salary anymore as a permanent staff member and rather become a contractor. Contractor has a lot more flexibility when it comes to tax. Anyone in the 39% and above tax bracket will be paying over 55% tax. It just won't be worth it anymore. They already worked out if vat went to 22% and raised income tax by 32% it will only meet half the requirements and that's with zero corruption.

  • @Macedonia270
    @Macedonia2706 ай бұрын

    But it WILL sort out the cashflow of the ANC cadres....

  • @andrzejpaczynski8533
    @andrzejpaczynski85336 ай бұрын

    This Doctor is WISE! Off course the government would not listen to words of WISDOM, never was, never will.

  • @ayandasigxashe7198
    @ayandasigxashe71986 ай бұрын

    You said it best Dr L! It’s a fool’s paradise 🤞🏽ANC just want feed till end of times🙈🥵

  • @lurindaras5632
    @lurindaras56326 ай бұрын

    "...rearranging the chairs on the Titanic" 😂

  • @thatongobeni3544

    @thatongobeni3544

    Ай бұрын

    💀😂😂🤞🏽

  • @meinolfwestig9463
    @meinolfwestig94636 ай бұрын

    This man should be the Health Minister.

  • @lindylambis4828
    @lindylambis48286 ай бұрын

    Well said Doc ❤

  • @leilahakulinen
    @leilahakulinen6 ай бұрын

    The government should fix the issues with the current health care instead of implementing anything new they know nothing about. Pre 1994 all government hospitals were functioning extremely well

  • @FH-bx9wc
    @FH-bx9wc6 ай бұрын

    It so interesting to read some comments, somehow believing this NHI is going to help the poor people. Why is the public health structure not doing so, simple as long as anything is run and managed by this government is bound to fail, lack of accountability. We are still waiting for justice for Life Esidimeni victims, how many years later. Why create new instead of modifying what is existing.

  • @sharonfolkard550

    @sharonfolkard550

    6 ай бұрын

    ANC do not think about the people of South Africa. They have found a new way to help themselves to tax payers money.

  • @danielmcgalpine5310
    @danielmcgalpine53106 ай бұрын

    Well done Dr...sa needs u keep speaking out it's all true

  • @emmanuelzungu2142
    @emmanuelzungu21426 ай бұрын

    Wow I am speechless thank you Dr Kgosi for such an eye opening sentiments. South Africa lets wake up and stop being delusional if no reform will be done, medical aids and nhi will co exist.

  • @ziblospo
    @ziblospo6 ай бұрын

    He's telling The truth.There will be more tenders which is a legalised way of stealing money.Create a fund to pay out of which money? Currently the health system is failing dismally

  • @ndubanesol111
    @ndubanesol1116 ай бұрын

    Why parliamentarians don't start with themselves, go access health care from the public health institution.

  • @zibambense4008
    @zibambense40086 ай бұрын

    i admire this man. great ophthalmologist as a specialist.vocal for the poor as well.

  • @chantalsewsaran2451
    @chantalsewsaran24516 ай бұрын

    Fix the public hospitals first! There is enough money available to have them all fixed now. Taking more tax from citizens will create a new fund to be raided by the current government. I mean show me 1 public department where there is no corruption. This is going to be bad for everyone.

  • @Truthseeker-iz3dj

    @Truthseeker-iz3dj

    5 ай бұрын

    100% , people will have to become contractors and give up perm staff employment status as it won't be worth it with the tax we will have to pay.

  • @ryancloete6519

    @ryancloete6519

    29 күн бұрын

    Watch money provided by tax payers mysteriously disappear In the NHI. Mark my words.. millions if not billions not accounted for.

  • @mikenortje3023
    @mikenortje30236 ай бұрын

    Just wait and see how expensive free Healthcare is in the end

  • @Truthseeker-iz3dj

    @Truthseeker-iz3dj

    5 ай бұрын

    Anyone in the current 39 - 45% tax bracket will have to downsize their lifestyles big time and at that point they may aswell go overseas to work

  • @DrTT.DurDoc
    @DrTT.DurDoc6 ай бұрын

    ANC sidelines people like Dr Letlape

  • @sophiekgalad8016
    @sophiekgalad80166 ай бұрын

    Bravo 👏 Bravo Dr Letlape

  • @dianasekatane6045
    @dianasekatane60456 ай бұрын

    The SAns will never enjoy this because SA is free for all the world with these porous borders.

  • @mossfairy3060
    @mossfairy30606 ай бұрын

    This wiLL just be another 'fund' for the thieves in ANC/EFF to milk...

  • @pertunialamula

    @pertunialamula

    6 ай бұрын

    You forgot the DA

  • @mossfairy3060

    @mossfairy3060

    6 ай бұрын

    @pertunialamula the DA are not blatant thieves

  • @sugengovender8083
    @sugengovender80836 ай бұрын

    Exactly Doc!

  • @idbosman
    @idbosman5 ай бұрын

    Wise man!

  • @MbaliMoreConsultant-zx5sj
    @MbaliMoreConsultant-zx5sj6 ай бұрын

    The journalist lacks critical thinking 🙄

  • @chrisandro.wagner7599

    @chrisandro.wagner7599

    Ай бұрын

    He was paid by the ANC.

  • @ayandasigxashe7198
    @ayandasigxashe71986 ай бұрын

    How about the ANC government be taken to the constitutional court and let them explain themselves how they see this NHI to take off? As well themselves the parliamentarians their medical aid be transferred to NHI? 🤷‍♀️🤔

  • @Truthseeker-iz3dj

    @Truthseeker-iz3dj

    5 ай бұрын

    They will either go overseas for medical or they might even push for cape independence themselves so they can get medical in Cape Town. 😅

  • @jacqueswho
    @jacqueswho6 ай бұрын

    National health system does not work. I have my family living in Canada , they wait for 1 week for medical assistance. They get medical aid anyways. The NHI bill should just help to fund and help better public hospitals

  • @sharonekambaram641
    @sharonekambaram6416 ай бұрын

    Viva Dr Letlape.

  • @patrickobrien4822
    @patrickobrien48226 ай бұрын

    What an insightful debate. Thank you

  • @normanndaba8823
    @normanndaba88236 ай бұрын

    Bravo Bravo!

  • @nigelperkett9353
    @nigelperkett9353Ай бұрын

    Brilliant Assessment by the doc please bring him.into studio more often

  • @ntetesemela9345
    @ntetesemela93456 ай бұрын

    Dr. May God Bless You with this insight. Where are South African men ALL RACES? When are ALL RACES South African Men going to regroup and challenge this government about all the ills its imposing on South African Families? Men to Men. It's about time Doctor for Men FATHERS HUSBANDS SONS to come together. It's too much Ntate Letlape. TALk to this government FACE to FACE Men of South Africa. Men's IMBIZO without WOMEN, Please let it Happen. 1956 Women of South Africa did it! They Challenged the brutal government. Ntate What is stopping Men of South Africa to do the same? We All need FAIR Treatment from this government. ✌️🇿🇦

  • @kennethhamburg8909
    @kennethhamburg89095 ай бұрын

    Before 1994 there was no difference between private hospitals and the government they were both very good , the ANC has just destroyed the government hospital sector.

  • @maggiemoloane4909
    @maggiemoloane490928 күн бұрын

    This doctor has go be the health minister and reremove those clowns.

  • @darrylwilliams4631
    @darrylwilliams4631Ай бұрын

    Well done Doctor. You a 100% correct.

  • @Codydoggy
    @Codydoggy6 ай бұрын

    Where’s my freedom of choice!

  • @user-xu2kn3yw8u
    @user-xu2kn3yw8uАй бұрын

    ... Well said my Comrade.

  • @Izabelinha2325
    @Izabelinha23255 ай бұрын

    👍

  • @JamzyZiggy
    @JamzyZiggy6 ай бұрын

    They cant even keep the power on the water also almost in its cadre😂😂

  • @maggiemoloane4909
    @maggiemoloane490928 күн бұрын

    Absolute truth, just trying to create more fund to feed yourselves

  • @nhlanhla.vchili960
    @nhlanhla.vchili9602 ай бұрын

    Your journalist has some useless questions 🤣💔

  • @bangiwenjanga2949
    @bangiwenjanga29496 ай бұрын

    Lets change this poor performing government, they have good policies but always finding ways to milk from those policies..

  • @maggiemoloane4909
    @maggiemoloane490928 күн бұрын

    Doctor, you made mark, let God deal with this junk in our country.

  • @maggiemoloane4909

    @maggiemoloane4909

    28 күн бұрын

    Party which is not prepared to share with its citizens you must forget about OBUNTU.

  • @user-lr5mo5wm1c
    @user-lr5mo5wm1c6 ай бұрын

    To a Certain point no one is giving me clear explanations on why the NHI Bill its a bad idea....... This on is already talking about Tenders, Corruption And Cadre deployment instead of talking about the bill for us citizens who happen to be the majority

  • @johnmajor9564

    @johnmajor9564

    6 ай бұрын

    1. He clearly states that there is no money to execute the act. It means nothing. 2. He also states that the government should first fix the existing problems of the state owned hospitals. He also suggests concrete measures to improve the existing medical schemes: e.g. by outlawing co payments. 3. The points you mention like corruption is the cancer which rots SA away: You are creating a healthcare like Eskom: And how is Eskom going? He states clearly that in future politicians will decide about your healthcare and not yourself.

  • @user-lr5mo5wm1c

    @user-lr5mo5wm1c

    6 ай бұрын

    Your point number 1, The money is there problem there is wasteful expenditure going to the non_tax payers. 2, Government hospitals it only depends on which Province they are cause its a problem of each MEC to make funds for since they always put in a budget for that. Medical Schemes are not controlled by Government, its just that everything they do must be Governed by the Constitution. 3, Like ive already mentioned its not like those things are not there, hence Corruption and others are also there in the Private Sector so why as a Health Care Chief just go there and and talk about something we already know. 3, @@johnmajor9564

  • @sharonfolkard550

    @sharonfolkard550

    6 ай бұрын

    Tenders is how the ANC get out hard earned money. More taxes we pay more goes into ANC pockets

  • @user-lr5mo5wm1c

    @user-lr5mo5wm1c

    6 ай бұрын

    There you are lying, i am sorry..... Many tenders have gone out where no corruption happened and no link between who gave the tender was detected.@@sharonfolkard550

  • @davidmedupe8304

    @davidmedupe8304

    6 ай бұрын

    The things he is talking about could mean that the bill is only a legislation but not of benefit to the very vulnerable people you speak of

  • @josejoaquim4928
    @josejoaquim49286 ай бұрын

    I feel the interviewer doesn't seem to understand the legality in the topic the Dr. is citing and keeps asking just vague question to make it seem he knows what is talking about. The Dr., however, knows what he's talking about. I feel many jornalist/intervier seem to be clueless on the topic they are interviewing. That is why, I personally prefer other source of information then the many poorly skilled journalists/intervier. 'It's like bn in a book club to discuss a book and you notice that the person you're engaging with did not read the book.

  • @khuwenedelten2528

    @khuwenedelten2528

    3 ай бұрын

    I've noticed this also. He should have done a thorough research before.

  • @tambosmpanya3149
    @tambosmpanya31496 ай бұрын

    Nothing For Mahhala

  • @mossfairy3060
    @mossfairy30606 ай бұрын

    Change the goverment.. voetsak anc/eff

  • @JB-de6sr
    @JB-de6sr6 ай бұрын

    This happened with the land

  • @thatongobeni3544
    @thatongobeni3544Ай бұрын

    Just like the appointed a minister of electricity ⚡️ 🤦🏽‍♂️🚮💔

  • @Brockza
    @Brockza6 ай бұрын

    Why cant poor people access health. There are many public hospitals in South Africa which are free to use

  • @teem7303

    @teem7303

    Ай бұрын

    Private Healthcare = Well-maintained Free Healthcare = Corruption, tenders, terrible working conditions, terribly understaffed, not well-maintained etcetc

  • @revelationpowerhour9149
    @revelationpowerhour9149Ай бұрын

    😂😂😂😂 low cost springboks bad high cost springboks killed me. 😂😂

  • @lungamasuku6872
    @lungamasuku68726 ай бұрын

    Why did anybody think the ANC would be able to do anything good!,the NHI sis a good idea but must be done right!!,we need leaders in South Africa!!!,EFF help please!

  • @sharonfolkard550

    @sharonfolkard550

    6 ай бұрын

    NHI is another way ANC is going to help themselves to the hard earned money of South African citizens.

  • @lungamasuku6872

    @lungamasuku6872

    6 ай бұрын

    @@sharonfolkard550 iam 100% in support of NHI!,just not as it’s proposed,it needs to be done correctly and then put it to effect!,the way it’s drafted right now is surely preprogrammed for failure!!,and it seems pretty obvious that Cyril and his buddies set it up like that on purpose!

  • @jacqueswho

    @jacqueswho

    6 ай бұрын

    EFF does not do anything. National health system does not work. I have my family living in Canada , they wait for 1 week for medical assistance. They get medical aid anyways. The NHI bill should just help to fund and help better public hospitals

  • @Greeny_isthegoat

    @Greeny_isthegoat

    6 ай бұрын

    ​@@jacqueswho😮 one week waiting in this country will cause protests

  • @teem7303

    @teem7303

    Ай бұрын

    ​@@jacqueswhoAren't our taxes doing that already?

  • @user-oj2lb7mm5i
    @user-oj2lb7mm5iАй бұрын

    NPA please learn from this DR before your future court cases of corruption ❤

  • @davidmedupe8304
    @davidmedupe83046 ай бұрын

    I don't know if I am amazed or shocked at the Dr.'s willingness to radically do away with the Medical Aid Bill. It is a system that works very well for those that can afford it to be replaced with something that has not yet been tested. He speaks of monitoring from companies such as Discovery but the abolishing of Medical bill will mean there's no Discovery in South Africa which could result in brain drain. He made a lot of good points though

  • @godfreyberry1599

    @godfreyberry1599

    6 ай бұрын

    Medical aid ADMINISTRATION aka Discovery, Medscheme, Fedhealth et al is the greatest drain on medical services in SA bar none. Ever seen their expansive Head Offices?. Everything of the best while Joe Citizen battles to cope with obscene private medical aid costs. Public healthcare is bordering on dysfunctional. Root out the mismanagement and corruption on both sides of the scale to sort the entire debacle out.

  • @not.likely
    @not.likely6 ай бұрын

    One things for sure, it won't treat AIDS

  • @thatongobeni3544
    @thatongobeni3544Ай бұрын

    “ Fools paradise “

  • @ShilohMarley
    @ShilohMarley6 ай бұрын

    This is another one of their cash cows😅

  • @JamzyZiggy
    @JamzyZiggy6 ай бұрын

    Kwaaa 😂😂😂 they will steal all the money, it will be in his couch, Zuma's new party must make them loose they useles 30 years of fokol still have pit toilets but he lives lavish 😂😂😂😂

  • @chrisandro.wagner7599
    @chrisandro.wagner7599Ай бұрын

    SANC will also faced with lost of medical and legal laws suits from these forgeiners. These forgeiners only want to milk South Africa.

  • @maggiemoloane4909
    @maggiemoloane490928 күн бұрын

    South Africans wake up, you are barried alive.

  • @matome7301
    @matome73016 ай бұрын

    The good Dr is lost when it comes to law. To think NHI will create 3 tier system? Wow!

  • @Truthseeker-iz3dj

    @Truthseeker-iz3dj

    5 ай бұрын

    It will just cost way more as they will use private contractors to help run it while still maintenaning the current system and of course corruption. So a 3 tier cost system is more like it..😂

  • @wandiletembe
    @wandiletembe6 ай бұрын

    ANC 🚮

  • @blackchild8365
    @blackchild83653 ай бұрын

    Medical aid must be bend its causing the problem

  • @thatongobeni3544
    @thatongobeni3544Ай бұрын

    16:44 ( well clearly he’s proven himself to not have any humanity in him by signing the Nhi bill)

  • @TheoVosloo
    @TheoVoslooАй бұрын

    The private hospitals, private medical aid and private healthcare is worth billions provided SOLELY by the private sector. The government is solely responsible for the state health services with taxpayer money and is a total failure and 3rd world quality. The NHI will not be able to purchase healthcare from the private sector which is a more expensive service as it cannot with the money available at present spend the available money effectively on public sector healthcare. Accessibility in rural areas will not improve whether it is NHI or private medical aid due to geographical realities. Accessibility and availability of private healthcare resources in urban areas are based on the real need and economics of private healthcare. In other words the capacity of resources will not be able to cater for state demand. This is socialistic and communistic interference in the private sector and an ideology that will cause the deterioration and destruction of healthcare in South Africa.

  • @KKOPPONG
    @KKOPPONG2 ай бұрын

    IF I WANT TO PAY R10 000 THEN LET KE DO THAT!!! What’s your business on where I decide to go get my life saved? The average person who can’t afford to pay R10 000 must go to the public hospitals then😂…you’re the one who can’t afford it so who’s fault is that?

  • @teem7303
    @teem7303Ай бұрын

    Listening to this interviewer is very painful. It's as though he fails, on purpose, to understand what this man is putting forth, or maybe he's just playing devil's advocate.

  • @S1M1P
    @S1M1P6 ай бұрын

    But it will help a lot of people who can't access healthcare. Stop being negative about the NHI.

  • @therealistafrican6567

    @therealistafrican6567

    6 ай бұрын

    How? When there is no money to fund it or even clarification as to where will the money come from. As the learned Dr said.. .if you believe that you are living in a fool s paradise 😂😂😂😂

  • @kabelontitsane4943

    @kabelontitsane4943

    Ай бұрын

    Like Eskom! Municipalities don't pay, who suffers? Every one will suffer. 7:44

  • @thatongobeni3544
    @thatongobeni3544Ай бұрын

    NHI should be an expansion application and not a relocation/ recovery plan 🤦🏽‍♂️🚮📉