Medical schemes News

Bonitas contests curatorship

Bonitas principal officer Bafana Nkosi has left the ship while the fund is contesting the application for curatorship by the Council for Medical Schemes (CMS).

Use private sector to roll out meds

The queues at state hospitals and clinics for the provision of medication could be alleviated if the Department of Health entered into a partnership with the private sector.

NHI to be put on hold

Minister of Health, Dr Aaron Motsoaladi, is expected to give notice that the National Health Insurance scheme (NHI), which was expected to cost taxpayers billions, will be delayed.

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Blending NHI with legislation

Speculation around the shape and form of South Africa’s National Health Insurance (NHI) system is mounting.

Schemes back NHI for wrong reasons

The Board of Healthcare Funders has accepted a proposal concerning the role medical schemes could play under the controversial National Health Insurance.

Schemes make little headway in 2008

The key objective of the Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) is to protect the interests of medical schemes beneficiaries.

Declaring war on medical schemes

The Sunday Times know that the ANC has plans to implement a NHI fund. Can we view the paper’s open condemnation of medical schemes as tacit support for government's plan?

National health: just join the dots

A national health insurance scheme is nothing new in larger, wealthier democracies. The question is whether such a system is a good fit for South Africa.

National health unsureness

Elections are looming and the ANC has promised national health insurance within fiveyears. Will this mean the end of medical aid schemes and private practice as we know it?