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The oral health industry is just a money-making racket and the fees charged are exorbitant, say Fin24 users.
The bhabhaza medical aid scheme fraud by doctors and members will push up premiums for all members and make them unaffordable, according to a report.
Sizwe Medical Fund has been placed under provisional curatorship‚ after the Council for Medical Schemes applied for governance concerns to be addressed.
How people on the move can get the health cover they need without breaking the bank.
The Board of Healthcare Funders says revisions to tax credits on medical aid schemes will not necessarily benefit low-income earners.
Civil servants are paying more for their chronic medication dispensing fees than the maximum amount mandated by the health minister, a report says.
The high court has ruled that medical schemes must pay prescribed minimum benefits, the basic level of diagnosis, treatment and care a scheme is obliged by law to cover.
The Hawks are investigating corruption in the medical aid industry and have already raided 12 premises, the Sunday Times reports.
The plan is to ensure that people won't pay more towards national health insurance than they do for medical aid, says a health department official.
More than half the membership of the Government Employees Medical Scheme are getting medical aid cover for the first time.
Complaints about the medical aid industry have already been made with the new National Consumer Commission, says the Board of Healthcare Funders.
A survey has found that most medical aid members feel their schemes are too expensive and many are ignorant of what they actually offer.
Stephen Mulholland on drugs, generics and his web fight for survival.
Discovery Holdings CEO Adrian Gore says the company has no intention of entering the short-term insurance market in the near future.
Liberty Medical Scheme has accused administrator V-Med of "unlawfully" withdrawing money from its account.
