Here’s some (not so sensational) facts 🙂: 1. People can’t just call up any dr & say “I’m an NHI user, please see me.” That is not how it will work. Drs have a choice to opt in to be NHI providers.. and those who do opt in, will provide the service to those who want to use that option for health care. - E.g. I can opt in to be a provider in the suburb where I work currently. - There’s also a limit to the number of patients I can see / have on my book as “patients I’m responsible for” in the demarcated area >>> see how this will lead to availability of spaces per day/ week/ month? It’s not the “fault” of the provider to be booked out, it’s the system. Ask the brits & how that’s working for them (wait times of 6months or more to see a GP - even to treat basic things that you can’t foresee in advance…) If say I’m allocated 5000 patients in a 20km radius of my practice, those patients need to register on the NHI system or physically at my practice and select me as their provider - so I can’t see people who are not “my” patients. Medical aids already do this… patients are encouraged to select primary GP drs and see them primarily or they don’t get full benefits.