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title: "Who will pay for the NHI and will it work like a medical aid?"
description: "Just like your medical scheme, the National Health Insurance scheme will buy health services on your behalf. But in new ways. Mia Malan and Dylan Bush report for the Bhekisisa Centre for Health Journalism."
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# Who will pay for the NHI and will it work like a medical aid?

> Just like your medical scheme, the National Health Insurance scheme will buy health services on your behalf. But in new ways. Mia Malan and Dylan Bush report for the Bhekisisa Centre for  Health Journalism.

By Mia Malan and Dylan Bush · Published 3 December 2019, 02:43 SAST

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