Healthcare to be funded equitably: Dr Motsoaledi

As Morning Live focuses on newly appointed ministers this week, today we speak to the Minister of Health Dr Aaron Motsoaledi. Dr Motsoaledi is not new to this position, following his previous two terms as the Health Minister.
Minister Motsoaledi joins us virtually to reflect on the Department of the Health in South Africa, its challenges, his hindsight perspective, and his vision as he comes back into the ministry.
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[@francinamokadi9295]

30yrs in power failed to bring better hospitals and clinics😮

[@LuckyMuzvare]

😂

[@AIRview2]

That was on excellent working conditions prior to 94. I know, I worked there. In all the different wards. All skin colors

[@User-.-_007-s]

Countries like zimbabwe nigeria malawi must start now to pay for their citizens using our healthcare systems schools university roads these vultures can't have everything for free they are a huge burden on Sans and the cost of living

[@roeteroestof3896]

Ditto

[@bruceexevier3641]

Fix your own world so that you can live alone without anyone coming to you

[@Tinker8531]

@@bruceexevier3641 Who invited them, they invited themselves. Our country was built long before the leeches came. they are a burden and not a benefit.

[@ichoosegodfromnowon847]

​@@bruceexevier3641voetsek ngongongo

[@bonifaccematiza7087]

Why in your location living with neighbours, why don't you go and stay in mountains alone there

[@florencemonama2953]

That's the incredible selection,this time I concur with the president for this Minister,his calibre that's outstanding,there always be naysayers,those that have been benefitting from this current health systems for us disadvaged...viva NHI And goodluck minister!

[@HS-vr9ml]

We already have it ie state hospitals, our tax pays for it

[@lillianngwexana990]

Well explained! Thank you.❤

[@dumisaninxumalo7574]

What did he say?

[@Sillymawena]

Nothing special, same hole same fire, for all,,all equal in God's sight🙏🙏🙏

[@MBReader410]

Beware of politicians who offer simple solutions to complex problems.

[@claresandra]

Not all people are subsidized by the government My husband and I pay our own premiums with our own money, it is a huge burden on our finances but it needs to be done as we are getting old and My wife is very ill needing specialized medication and has Oxygen at home and she had to purchase her own portable machine for the car. So make the people who work for the government pay their own premiums and then use those premiums for the public hospitals. which is a total mess.that is why they want to put their hands in the tax payer money again. It has to stop

[@AIRview2]

Exactly. Why didn't they use the tax money for what it is intended! Not enrich personal pockets! No medical services will be what is left! Look at the public hospitals!

[@albertmabula3863]

job well done, minister. u really the best

[@starking26]

Public Health was a disaster under his administration. - What makes sqirrel think this minister can manage NHI😂😂😂😂

[@roeteroestof3896]

his talk bla bla bla ... is super logic and natural intelligence..we sa cannot go and use foreign plans or ways of doing, it would not *Work* for sa citizens...we will not forget that lockdown and lies around it..*never* to be trusted again.

[@andilewelkom7525]

Very myopic and selfish view, shame on you, you'll always get stark in your privileged background

[@starking26]

@@andilewelkom7525 Then please tell me your enlightened vision of how NHI ( in it's current form) will benefit all South Africans?!

[@hgfku-tn6hb]

Politicians should learn to talk the truth once a year. He was briefed that he's going to be back to health department. They're comrades

[@starking26]

So under his watch the NHI will be administered exactly like Public Health?- TOTAL DISASTER!

[@millionairesmile1430]

How, so. Kindly elaborate.

[@user-th6os9de5r]

a same minister who distroy home affairs and now in health care 😂

[@Tinker8531]

Rubbish, he was the best, he had many illegals and home office officials arrested. fake documents annulled. The New Home office Minister is a useless waste of space.

[@beatific8952]

And got rewarded to destroy health care

[@LuckyMuzvare]

You may talk about it again 😂🎉

[@yandiswadunywa8627]

Yazi we have money in this country all I hear is millions and billions

[@thabomolutsoane]

Poorly spent

[@zanEun834]

And trillions 😅

[@majestic4124]

from the frying pan into the fire shame they want this guy to die of heartaches, NHI he is on focus again

[@carolanngelderbloem3209]

We are not Europe. We are SA, a third-world developing country...duh😮😮

[@efosaegharevbagoodluck9985]

lol 😂he mess up home affairs too much backlogs many work he coming to health departments ti start speaking English again 😊

[@Tinker8531]

Rubbish, he was the only one who got corrupt home office officials arrested . Flushed out fake documents and many illegals exposed for having fake documents. You an illegal that's why you have a problem with him. Now Ramaphosa has now placed a mampara in the Home Office. Many illegals are rejoicing with this new useless Home office Minister.

[@thyszondagh6541]

Those who support this will suffer most except the richer ANC politicians

[@Tinker8531]

How is the poor going to suffer more, they already using public health. It will be those on private health care who will be suffering.

[@felixmoyoedonmi]

Health care to be funded equitably? I honestly don't know what that means.

[@MzamoAdoons372]

This one is just a joke

[@cloudstrife8791]

2 ways attack taxbase 1 way attacks all equally and thats pushing up VAT from 15 to 21% so that would be the equally if i took a guess. Goodluck on R45-R50 2l milk and Bread R25 etc. Probably also means you get even less electricity as well.

[@Sillymawena]

You all living in denial, stop being selfish and critical 😂😂😂

[@Sillymawena]

​@@MzamoAdoons372he's the minister of health,and what are you,nothing,,,,,,,,, so who's the joke

[@MzamoAdoons372]

@@Sillymawena nywana ya mao is nothing, ngwana sefebe, msunu ka nyoko.

[@reginaldgeorge3291]

❤...Sir, It is said, " you are what you eat" so a healthy diet is a healty live.Sadly 😢 the majority of za 🇿🇦 citizens live financially of sassa grants and as a person what can you buy that is healthy and affordable with the crums we receive from sassa.the poor ,children elderly,pregnent mothers and the elderly suffer silently because the government cares for themselves and the elite 😢...😂...💔

[@user-bl2rs3fl5q]

❤❤❤

[@dumisaninxumalo7574]

The perks are too Irresistible to let go.This guy has become the biggest looter of government funds just like mom Zondo

[@Tinker8531]

You not making sense. What funds did he loot.

[@dumisaninxumalo7574]

@@Tinker8531 Every department he runs gets looted and he never speaks against the looting.Home affairs ID buying scandals he keeps quiet and R5000 jeans bought in hospitals under him he kept quiet.All because the looters work for him.

[@olwethumyeza8712]

Whats "heavily subsidised"?

[@orbitno100]

How old is he, has retirement age changed

[@_yerushalayim]

You are irrelevant.

[@SHARNICKSwarts]

Tata yor go rest or PA let you rest fast....

[@Aanklaer]

The middle class will suffer.

[@HS-vr9ml]

Ee have it already

[@Get-into-the-game]

Minister get time to change your specs to a better version, infact that suit your new position as well the smile says it all

[@shinaberum3952]

The facts are that hardworking South Africans who are paying taxes have to fund this nhi via a new payroll tax in addition to paye income tax so there is absolutely nothing equitable about that

[@H3321KG]

Not gonna happen dude. Keep dreaming

[@koolohinde]

It's unfortunate that South Africans are not well-versed in geography. 16:00 he said Libya🤣 This is the most arrogant and xenophobic minister in South Africa.

[@MBReader410]

Obviously if GDP per capita is low then spending a % of GDP on health is not a useful measure.

[@laurentmakabu6500]

This guy must retire, Drs are being successful at hpcsa board exam but are at home and still paying the annual fees

[@christinevandermerwe-gl2sm]

Is this man still in the cabinet?? Now a doctor??

[@millionairesmile1430]

You didn't know that OUR Dr Motsoaledi is a medical 😂

[@Tinker8531]

Was a medical doctor during apartheid long before he became a politician.

[@millionairesmile1430]

@@Tinker8531 does the title die when he stops practicing?

[@kegobotjeng6447]

Private sector doesn't pay for care but medical aid premiums. Premiums are short term insurance only applicable per annum. When the breadwinner can no longer pay premiums, they are must use public sector facilities. NHI pays for care.

[@user-yh5sn3ry4x]

NHI will and can work, all appointees and critics within the system who wants to cripple NHI from launching should be dealt with from the start by proper selection and follow ups on their social media content inputs to timely identify those who can hinder the success of the major breakthrough in universal healthcare, do proper background check on all appointees from top to bottom to secure success of this initiative

[@BestChoice-eg6yd]

This man he is very old to run health care, he must go to retire

[@BestChoice-eg6yd]

U failed home affairs, now u come health care , no educated people or ?? This department is going to be a mess

[@truth-Hurts375]

And make The Matric Domkop who is in charge of Home Affairs now so educated !!! Not to talk about Matric Domkoppe John Steenhuisen and Alan Winde !!!

[@codesagecoder1639]

You can literally see him reading all of this off a piece paper, and I can guarantee you he didn't write it himself. If any of our ministers were this knowledgable from memory, and not papers they are reading off, South Africa would be a completely different country.

[@Sillymawena]

Hey wena he's the minister of health,earning R3 million, and you ,humba wena, sillyma😂😂😂

[@codesagecoder1639]

@@Sillymawena You retarded, vitriolic numbskull, just because your culture doesn't allow you to critisize your politicians or those richer than you, don't expect the rest of us to join in on such foolery and archaic thinking. We live in a democracy, and not the absolute monarchy that South Africa, and the rest of Africa was before Europeans came and introduced the concepts of humanity, equality, and democracy to the African people; so you are allowed to critisize incompetence in the government. He is the minister of health in a democratic South Africa, not the king of prehistoric Africa you peabrain, that you can't critisize. I am an actaul taxpayer, whose taxes can fund three teachers salaries a month, and as such have a vested interest in how my taxes are spent, with particular disdain when it funds the salaries of incompetent ministers and enriches their comrade tenderpreneur buddies. You do understand that one of the biggest reasons that black people are discriminated against in every corner of the world is because you guys seemingly don't understand how modern societies work, hence you support leaders who mess up economies and countries, leading to the perceptions that black people can't run countries, and are thus inherently inferior to everyone else.

[@LuckyMuzvare]

Comment section is killing me 😂😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉🎉 Yeah 😂 Now I really see the problem that's why no jobs in SA How can a same Minister whom failed home Affairs to become another Minister of Health where are Educated South Africans😂😂😂 This is killing me 🎉 Sorry for interrupt 😂❤

[@tebohotsoari9912]

Is it me or is Dr. Motsoaledi cooking here 🔥

[@Sillymawena]

You an idiot if you don't know the truth, only the truth will set you free,silly ma wena

[@IgViljoen]

This is false information. The country does not spend 8.5% of GDP on health. The country does not have money to spend. People who work and earn money can use that money to buy Kentucky Fried Chicken or health insurance with their after-tax money. Buying private health insurance is a discretionary expense. It also happens that those same people who spend their own money to buy insurance for themselves, are also the tax payers who pay for the rest. Therefore, the 9 million employed tax payers spend about R 250 billion on their own helth and through their tax paymenty contribute about the same amount to the other 50 millions healthcare. Futher, the WHO defines health as "... a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity." If the government were honest about human rights, they should look at Article 23(1) of the Universal Declaration of Human rights that says "Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favourable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment." and Article 23(3) "Everyone who works has the right to just and favourable remuneration ensuring for himself and his family an existence worthy of human dignity, and supplemented, if necessary, by other means of social protection." The right to health is closely tied to the right to work and the right to take care of his or her family. The South African Government's failure is its inability to create employment for its people. If you want to remove inequality, create a middle class through employment. NHI is a futile attempt to heal a septic wound by covering it with a bandaid. Motsoaledi and his ilk misleads the population. NHI will not ensure protect the health of South Africans.

[@Selwyn-c1i]

Normally you pay peanuts you get monkeys. Now we pay millions and still get monkeys?

[@collinsmulaudzi8090]

NHI must go ahead period

[@markcoleman7497]

This guy is useless

[@sthembisomthembu395]

Maybe you should run to Australia hey😂😂😂

[@l.m90]

Useless is a nice way of saying it