80% of specialists do NOT work in the private Sector. That is a lie, being repeatedly spoken by the Minister of Health until everyone believes him. The HPCSA has 15005 specialists registered in 2015. Of these, 4996 work in the public sector. Which means, at MOST, 66% of specialists work in the Private Sector. But a great many of those registered with the HPCSA are overseas and keep their local registration active, so its actually less.  The DoH HR document form 2012/2013 also does not support these 80% figures. As for the 4.4% of GDP being spent on Private Healthcare, if ones takes out the R2o Billion tax credit, 3.6% of GDP is private money being spent by private individuals on their private healthcare. You cannot redistribute it into the health system for equity sake, it is NOT government money. The NHI does not answer the problems in SA healthcare, it simply aims to destroy a two tier system. It is going to lead to massive emigrations of Doctors and Taxpayers.