Setting up a continent-wide medicine regulator could be crucial to getting Africa’s people the treatments and Covid vaccines they need. Here’s why more countries need to put their weight behind it
Medical aid schemes and businesses will help the government with the cost of acquiring enough vaccines for the South African population to achieve herd immunity
In a country where treatment can cost two years’ wages, a new project could mean free medical care for 500 million people.
Momentum found itself in consumers’ crosshairs this week after it declined to pay out the death benefit cover
Momentum has created a policy to ‘pay out an amount equal to the death benefit in the case of violent crime, regardless of previous medical history’
The insurance group rejected Nathan Ganas’s policy claim after it was discovered he had high blood sugar levels
New draft regulations may limit products that fill a gap for those unable to afford medical aid.
MMI Holdings, South Africa’s third-largest insurer, said fiscal full-year profit climbed 12% after selling more policies and integrating units.
Despite middle-class misgivings, South Africa’s universal healthcare plan puts us well ahead of the Asian powerhouse.
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/ 9 November 2009
House of Representatives passes Bill by a slim margin that would increase health insurance to 96% of Americans.
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/ 13 October 2009
A key US congressional panel was set to cast judgement on healthcare reform on Tuesday.
The African National Congress plans to introduce national health insurance in its next term in government, party president Jacob Zuma said on Tuesday.
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/ 15 October 2008
Although a high level of savings may look good on paper, you need to understand what exactly will be paid out of savings and what out of risk.
No national health insurance until the health minister gets the basics of healthcare delivery in public hospitals and clinics right, says the DA.