'Let private skills come to NHI's aid'
- 03 May 2013 00:00 - Mia Malan
- Mia Malan reports on the challenges of involving medical schemes in the administration of the National Health Insurance scheme.
Managed care is a strategic partnership
- 12 Apr 2013 00:00 - Advertorial Feature
- Working together is the only way to effectively reduce costs.
Doctors overcharge, say our readers
- 14 Feb 2013 00:00 - Ina Skosana, Amy Green,
- The Mail & Guardian asked readers what they think of doctors' tariffs in a survey on M&G Online.
Minister wants to stop patient rip-offs
- 14 Feb 2013 00:00 - Mia Malan
- Mia Malan speaks to the health minister and others in the healthcare sector about the guideline tariffs.
Minister wants to stop patient rip-offs
- 14 Feb 2013 00:00 - Mia Malan
- Mia Malan speaks to the health minister and others in the healthcare sector about the guideline tariffs
Dummies' guide to medical tariffs
- 14 Feb 2013 00:00 - Mia Malan
- Health professionals are finding the state's planned guidelines for fees a bitter pill to swallow.
Getting to grips with your scheme's lingo
- 26 Oct 2012 12:00 - Gareth Stokes
- Co-payment This is the portion of any medical expense for which you are liable. The amount varies from one scheme to the next and between options.
Making healthy medical aid choices
- 26 Oct 2012 12:00 - Gareth Stokes
- South Africa's healthcare landscape is divided between a public and private- sector.
Medical aid costs unravelled
- 07 Nov 2011 11:52 - Maya Fisher-French
- Selecting a medical scheme with the right cover at the right price is a minefield.
South Africans shirk medical insurance
- 29 Jun 2011 00:00 - Staff Reporter
- Only 3.5-million of South Africa's 48-million citizens have medical aid -- that's 84% with no medical cover.
State 'must incentivise preventative health plans'
- 26 May 2011 10:50 - Staff Reporter
- Aaron Motsoaledi issued an ultimatum in April to South African medical schemes to voluntarily adopt preventative rather than curative health policies.
Pay-as-you-go healthcare launches in South Africa
- 02 Dec 2010 13:39 - Faranaaz Parker
- Pay-as-you-go healthcare could provide a possible cost saving for the man on the street.
NHI: don't hold your breath
- 19 Nov 2010 06:00 - Gareth Stokes
- Too little is known about its scope to abandon ownership of private insurance, say practitioners.
Health tariffs cause turmoil
- 02 Nov 2010 12:05 - Staff Reporter
- Medical aid members 'will suffer most' because of scrapped price list.
Why a medical aid is a necessity
- 13 Oct 2010 14:12 - Maya Fisher-French
- If you don't have a medical aid, hospitals will demand deposits of at least R40 000 before they will admit you.
