Medical Scheme Profmed’s 2025 State of Health Report revealed deep public scepticism regarding NHI with roughly 75% of respondents believing the NHI will worsen healthcare delivery. – BusinessTech (27 June 2025)
Although 44% support mandatory membership to a medical membership for employed individuals, over 60% has no confidence in the public system.
SA needs a system that grows from the ground up, acknowledging the nation’s economic constraints, respects constitutional rights, and works, said Profmed CEO Craig Comrie.
“That doesn’t mean rejecting the public system. It means fixing what’s broken and building on what works. We’ve seen the potential in shared procurement, skills transfer, and strategic funding models. Why aren’t we scaling that?”
There is good news, as SA still has time to change course by replacing ideology with collaboration.
“This requires input from all sectors of the healthcare system, from finance and policy to doctors.”