The National Health Insurance (NHI) Deputy Director General Nicholas Crisp presented the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) Bill to the Parliament the first week of June, 2022. In his speech he indicated that the government will ultimately need to collect additional taxes to fund the new NHIS. Crisp said that a large part of the NHI’s funding will be made up through the reallocation of health funding as well as existing tax credits. However, he noted that in time, additional taxes would need to be introduced to help fund the scheme, including the possible introduction of:
- An increase in value-added tax (VAT)
- A change in general taxation
- Adding a payroll tax.
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