NHI: No cosmetic surgery

NHI: No cosmetic surgery
13 Aug 2011
JOHANNESBURG ? Cosmetic surgery and expensive dental procedures will not be covered by the proposed National Health Insurance (NHI) system, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said in a radio news report yesterday.
?The state is committed to offering a wide range of services, as wide a range as possible,? he told the SABC. He said the NHI will offer care at all levels, but would not stretch to procedures that are not necessary to patients? health.var onl = window.onload;window.onload = function(){if (onl){onl();}if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {var req = new XMLHttpRequest();} else if (window.ActiveXObject) {var req = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");}var url = "index.php?class=bb_page_comments&method=public_form&global[fields][where]=bb_content&global[fields][order]=66452&global[noincludes]=rawtext";req.open("GET", url, true);req.onreadystatechange = function() {if (req.readyState == 4) {var html = req.responseText;document.getElementById("page_comments").innerHTML = html;}}req.send(null);}

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