NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO. 447
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 25 February 2011
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO. 3)
Mrs H Lamoela (DA) to ask the Minister of Health:
(1) Whether, in order to make private health care more affordable, he
intends introducing legislation that (a) introduce (i) international
benchmarking of drugs and (ii) tax exemption on such health care and
(b) allows private health establishments to employ doctors at a fixed
salary as opposed to the payment of fees for services; if not, (i) why
not and (ii) how does he justify the fact that the State does not pay
value added tax on medication while the private sector does; if so,
when will such legislation be introduced;
(2) whether he intends to allow the public health sector to outsource the
elective surgery waiting list to the private sector at tender-agreed
prices; if not, (a) why not and (b) how does he intend to reduce the
waiting lists; if so, (i) when and (ii) what are the further relevant
details?
NW484E
REPLY:
The Honourable Member is requested to refer to the answer we provided to
Question 1833 in August 2010, asked by her colleague Honourable More in
June 2010.
END.