The NHI Act says funding healthcare for all should come from tax but economic growth is in a vice and many people are without jobs
The Special Investigating Unit says it is actively targeting healthcare fraudsters.
Public hearings took place in 2016, and the commission received written reports and feedback from 175 stakeholders
Globally, one in four private healthcare groups surveyed won’t work with governments.
Association argues statistics skew the view of private hospital costs after international study questions facilities’ affordability.
Prescribed minimum benefits dominated the public hearings at the start of the Competition Commission’s inquiry into the private healthcare market.
Many dental assistants in private practices are paid very little and have to do menial tasks.
Dentists say the reduced rates paid out by medical schemes are putting them out of business.
Private healthcare is meant to support public health, but it must be kept in check.
The HPCSA failed to rein in medical aid schemes — now it’s up to the Competition Commission
The company stock dropped 4.7% after a share sale to institutional investors to generate cash for investment opportunities.
Vital changes need to ?be made in healthcare to give patients better value for their money.
Mediclinic International has seen an increase in full-year profit as more patients have visited its hospitals and spent more money per visit.
In the state sector, not everyone is equal. Some of us have to pay an arm, a leg and a full working day.
Better-quality primary healthcare would result in lower medical aid premiums.
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has left serious questions about the National Health Insurance scheme unanswered, writes Chris Archer.
Practitioners in the private heatlthcare industry have welcomed the Competition Commission panel members who will lead the inquiry into the sector.
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Government facilities are trumping their larnier colleagues in providing HIV services.
Hospital insurance appeals to a segment of the market, research shows, and fills an important gap.
Its health system is comparable to the best in the world, achieved at a fraction of the cost of others.
Mia Malan reports on the challenges of involving medical schemes in the administration of the National Health Insurance scheme.
GPs with their own practices are interested in working for the NHI scheme – with caveats.
In the first of a two-part series about the NHI, Mia Malan reports on state plans to change the rigid reimbursement formula for private doctors.
An industry-wide probe into private healthcare seems likely, but stakeholders fear a witch hunt.
With medical schemes going insolvent, Bonitas has lasted for 30 years and is still going strong, growing into a R6.1-billion entity.
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi says private healthcare is a ‘brutal system’ because it has commercialised an essential service.
The proposed NHI scheme will not have an impact on the demand for private health cover if the quality of public healthcare remains dire.
Speaking at the inauguration of the new Health Professions Council on Thursday, Motsoaledi said: "We cannot afford this commercial health system."
Many politicians do not make use of our public healthcare system — clearly a vote of no confidence.