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Women’s health: Bestmed insights reveal key trends in medical aid choices and care needs

07 March 2025

As International Women’s Day approaches, this year’s theme, “Accelerate Action”, underscores the critical need to advance support for women in every aspect of their lives – especially their health. In South Africa, trends in medical aid reveal both progress and ongoing challenges in ensuring that women receive comprehensive and life-stage specific healthcare throughout their different life stages.

UHAC calls for implementation of full package of HMI recommendations to improve SA’s private healthcare system

06 March 2025

The government’s proposal to implement only minor selected recommendations of the five-year-old Health Market Inquiry (HMI) in order to address high costs of private healthcare will “do nothing” to advance urgently needed reform of both public and private healthcare.

The AI impact: are medical schemes ready for the next frontier?

05 March 2025

The health and pharmaceuticals sector stands on the brink of a transformative shift driven by Artificial Intelligence (AI), with profound implications for medical schemes.

Courts reinforce RAF position that it should not pay medical expenses already paid for by Medical Schemes

04 March 2025

The Road Accident Fund (RAF) welcomes a recent judgment handed down in the Gauteng Local Division reinforcing the Fund’s stance that it is not obligated to reimburse medical aid schemes for costs incurred on behalf of their members.

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If you had to hazard a guess, when do you reckon the COFI Bill will be signed into law?

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