Johnathan Paoli
THE Democratic Alliance (DA) has lodged a complaint with the Public Service Commission (PSC) and called for an urgent investigation into the National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme, signed into law last week.
In a statement on Monday, DA Shadow Minister of Public Service and Administration, Leon Schreiber, said the party’s complaint after concerns were raised by public servants over the possibility of using the NHI to expropriate medical aid contributions, specifically from members of the Government Employees Medical Scheme (GEMS) – the largest medical aid scheme in the country, with over 2.8 million principal members and beneficiaries.
Schreiber said the DA’s complaint is lodged in terms of the commission’s mandate, as outlined in section 196 (4)(a-c) of the Constitution read in conjunction with s 195, which called on the PSC to investigate, monitor and evaluate the organisation and administration of the public service; to propose measures to ensure
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