Table 2 Summary of the Interview Questions

1. If the government made it compulsory for public sector employees to join the public employees medical scheme; in your opinion, what would be the potential impacts on the following areas of the health system:

a) Level of financial resources to purchase essential health goods and services for different population groups?

b) Access to and utilization of essential medicines and other health technologies by different population groups^a?

c) Quality of health goods and services available within both the private and public sectors?

d) Efficiency in resource utilization within the health system to produce the desired health outputs?

e) How cost-effectively the health system selects interventions to meet the population health needs?

2. Overall, what are the potential merits and demerits of this proposed policy reform in the effort towards universal health coverage?

3. What can health system stewards do to mitigate the potential negative impacts of the proposed reform?