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![[Podcast]Motsoaledi: What the NHI will mean for you - and your tax credits](https://cdn.mg.co.za/crop/content/images/2014/01/16/healthministermotsoaledidv.jpg/1x1/)
Our Laura Lopez Gonzalez asks health minister Aaron Motsoaledi five questions about the National Health Insurance (NHI) and your medical aid.
It’s that time of year again. Many major medical schemes have opened up brief, annual window periods in which members can change their plans....
Almost 30 years ago, virtually no medical scheme covered HIV. Today, legislation has made medical cover for HIV non-negotiable, but some patients...
South Africa’s healthcare system is not merely unviable or unsustainable, "it is at the brink...
"We are seeing dentists going under," said Maretha Smit, chief executive officer of the South African Dental Association (Sada).
Health insurance providers are preparing for a fight if new draft regulations, effectively outlawing certain health insurance products, are passed in...
Usually there is only one healthcare system in a country, made up of a number of role players, but the South African healthcare system is unlike...
Healthcare is complex. Our bodies are the most complex machines we know of, and our brains and minds work in ways we do not yet fully comprehend....
The average life expectancy of a South African is 59.6 years according to the July 2013, edition of the Statistics South Africa field-worker...
The effect of insurance products on private medical schemes is a concern to policy experts. As South Africans battle rising healthcare costs, the...
The health ministry is concerned about the level of ignorance among members of medical schemes regarding what cover their monthly premiums entitle...
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