The DA would roll out universal healthcare in five to eight years. It would be delivered through restructuring and reprioritization of the current health budget. It can be financed in two interventions. We would remove the medical aid tax benefit afforded to medical aid clients availing immediately R17 billion. That would improve primary healthcare which is the bedrock of the system. It would be improving Primary Healthcare- the bedrock of a health system; investing in maternal and child health and improving the provision of emergency medical services.
With those interventions alone, the health system would drastically improve. We would not end there. We would assign every single South African with a subsidy that would afford them a standard health package.