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Prescribed Minimum Benefits

How South Africa is legislating its way into a healthcare crisis
Health
/ 17 February 2024

How South Africa is legislating its way into a healthcare crisis

Unregulated tariffs and the lack of low-cost benefit schemes drive up the price of medical aid premiums, causing patients to feel the pain

By Chris Bateman
Are the medical aids really fleecing you?
Article
/ 17 May 2019

Are the medical aids really fleecing you?

There’s good news and bad news when it comes to PMBs.

By Laura López González and Bhekisisa Team
Comment: Restore medical aids to good health
Article
/ 7 August 2014

Comment: Restore medical aids to good health

Private healthcare is meant to support public health, but it must be kept in check.

By Staff Reporter
Member ignorance the lifeblood of medical schemes
Article
/ 21 August 2013

Member ignorance the lifeblood of medical schemes

Many medical schemes rely on the ignorance of their members, who buy more expensive cover than they may need, for their very survival.

By Amy Green
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Article
/ 20 September 2011

Med scheme minimum benefits aren’t understood

Prescribed minimum benefits are to be pain in full by medical aid schemes, but consumers and some medical practitioners don’t understand this law.

By Staff Reporter

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