Medical aid
Pay back the money, says Ngcukaitobi to medical aid schemes
He has chaired an inquiry into discrimination against Black, Coloured and Indian health professionals by medical aid schemes, which has released a scathing...
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Interim report: medical aids discriminated against black practitioners
An interim report released has found that Discovery, Medscheme and GEMS have been unfairly classifying black health professionals as likely to commit fraud.
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Egypt leverages 'soft power' through medical aid in pandemic
The dramatically scored video released last month was Egypt's latest attempt to project soft power globally by sending medical aid to countries that have included China, Italy, Sudan and the United Kingdom.
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People urged not to cancel medical aid as lockdown bites into salaries
Experts have advised citizens to consider options to make premiums cheaper before cancelling their cover.
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South Africans urged not to cancel medical aid, gap covers
Experts said that medical aid and gap covers were likely to be the first things consumers shave-off during tough economic times.
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Council: Most medical schemes to cover coronavirus treatment
Normally, a virus-like the COVID-19 would not be covered under prescribed minimum benefits.
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‘This a real struggle for women’: SA women open up on breast reduction
Breast reduction surgery could soon be covered by a large medical aid after women shared their experiences on having to pay for the procedure themselves.
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DA to submit 80,000 written objections from S. Africans on NHI Bill
The NHI is the financing system that seeks to provide quality universal health care services to all South Africans to create an equal society.
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Black South Africans among most vulnerable in country - Inequality Trends report
Statistician-General Risenga Maluleke released the Inequality Trends report for South Africa on Thursday, which found that the country remained one of the most unequal nations in the world.
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Mkhize: Private health care will be harder to afford when the NHI is functional
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said that government spent half of its healthcare budget on subsidising some small private health care groups, through medical tax rebates.
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Private healthcare report: Various role players colluded to rob consumers
The commission’s inquiry has found that health practitioners had been sending patients to private hospitals unnecessarily, just because medical schemes would pay.
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Health professionals: Overhaul 'confusing' medical scheme coding system
Law firm Elsabe Klink and Associates made representations on Wednesday at the inquiry looking to allegations of racial profiling by medical schemes.
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Medical schemes don't cater for physicians outside cities, inquiry told
The SAPPF presented evidence at the section 59 inquiry in Centurion, which was looking into allegations of racial profiling in the medical profession.
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CARTOON: Piling On the Pressure
By Dr Jack.
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CARTOON: Paying the Price
By Dr Jack.
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Health Dept: Coding for medical scheme benefits confusing
The department gave evidence at the Section 59 inquiry into allegations of racial profiling in Centurion.
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No racial profiling happening in medical scheme industry, inquiry told
The Health Funders Association denied allegations that medical schemes targeted black and Indian health professionals and fraudulently withheld their payments.
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Medical aid inquiry told GPs earned smallest share in funds collected by schemes
NHCPA chair Dr Donald Gumede said medical aid scheme executives, like Discovery Health, rewarded themselves for withholding payments intended for doctors.
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Medical aid inquiry told regulatory council couldn’t ensure schemes paid fairly
The Section 59 investigation was probing allegations of racial profiling and withholding of payments to black and Indian doctors by medical aid schemes.
