Business Day 08 November 2023 - A lot is at stake if the National Health Insurance Bill is enacted as it stands, he claims, because it will harm the thriving private healthcare system.
Discovery CEO Adrian Gore told the PSG Think Big webinar series that some people who have emigrated from SA in search of greener pastures are coming back to access the country's "remarkable" private healthcare system.
Business Day 07 November 2023 - Fund plans to appeal court ruling that it exceeded its powers in issuing new requirements and created barriers impeding accident victims' ability to lodge claims.
The Pretoria High Court has ordered the Road Accident Fund (RAF) to scrap a board notice setting out onerous new requirements for lodging claims, declaring it unlawful, unconstitutional and at odds with the organisation's obligations to compensate victims of traffic accidents.
Business Day 07 November 2023 - Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) remains a public health crisis, says UN agency.
The global fight against TB, badly hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, is beginning to recover but remains a long way off target, according to a World Health Organisation report.
Business Day 07 November 2023 - Healthcare workers have taken to street vending between shifts to male ends meet while the system collapses.
Business Day 07 November 2023 - The Road Accident Fund (RAF) has failed to comply with a Constitutional Court ruling to resume paying medical scheme claims.
Medical scheme administrator Discovery Health says it will launch contempt of court proceedings against RAF and its CEO, Collins Letsoalo, "within the next few days" because it has not complied with a Constitutional Court ruling.
Business Day 05 November 2023 - Study analyses annual health risk assessments of more than 1,500 executives and senior managers.
The research, published in the peer-reviewed journal Preventative Medicine, found consistently sleeping less than seven to nine hours a night was associated with a higher body mass index and waist circumference, with intriguing differences between men and women.
Business Day 02 November 2023 - Despite belonging to medical schemes they are not being tested.
Low wage public servants are screening for cancer at significantly lower rates than better-paid colleagues despite being provided with equal cover for these benefits, data from the Government Employees Medical Scheme (GEMS) shows. A similiar trend is seen in the take-up of tests for diabetes. The findings highlight the extent to which the circumstances in which people live affects their health seeking behaviour and access to services, said GEMS chief research officer Selaelo Mametja.
Business Tech 31 October 2023 - The National Department of Health (NDoH) says that medical aid tax credits will end in South Africa - and the money used to reimburse members every year will instead be fed into the National Health Insurance Fund (NHI).
Presenting to the National Council's of Province's Standing Committee on Health and Social Services on 31 October, the department responded to many concerns raised by stakeholders around the NHI Bill, which the National Assembly adopted in June. Many of the concerns raised by the provinces echoed stakeholder feedback on a national level, with commenters raising red flags over the bill's constitutionality, the source of funding for the scheme, the government's lack of capacity to manage it, and the treat of corruption and maladministration.