Ramaphosa Vows to End ‘Health-Care Apartheid’ With Prickly Law
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Cyril Ramaphosa addresses supporters during an election campaign event in KwaZulu Natal province, South Africa on April 21.
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South Africa’s president and head of the ruling African National Congress, Cyril Ramaphosa pledged to end “health-care apartheid” with a controversial bill that awaits his sign-off.
“Now we are going to introduce the National Health Insurance Bill where we are going to equalize health care in our country,” he said. “We are going to end the apartheid that remains in health care where you have the best health care for the rich and poor health care for the poor.”