COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease) / Healthcare

Should medical aid schemes be allowed to tap into their reserves to treat COVID-19 patients?

Should South African medical aid schemes be allowed to tap into their reserves to help treat people infected with the coronavirus? Yes and No.

Lifestyle diseases and Coronavirus

As the number of Covid-19 infections moves over 10 000, the health minister Zweli Mkhize has expressed concern about the huge risk group of South Africans suffering from high blood pressure, diabetes and obesity. In other words Comorbidities.

CMS warns medical aid schemes against tapping into their reserves to treat COVID-19 patients?

The Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) has cautioned medical schemes against rushing to use its reserves to treat people infected with the coronavirus.

Circular 33 of 2020: Understanding medical scheme reserves