Discovery and RAF again heading for legal collision over payout fight

Another legal storm is brewing between Discovery Health and the Road Accident Fund (RAF) after the state-run fund accused the medical schemes administrator's outgoing CEO, Ryan Noach, of making misleading media statements.

This follows a Constitutional Court ruling last week that dismissed an RAF application for leave to appeal a high court order interdicting it from refusing to reimburse medical schemes after covering the medical costs of members injured in road accidents.

Noach described the ruling as a victory for medical schemes members, only for the RAF to issue a statement on 21 October questioning his interpretation of the Constitutional Court's decision.