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Healthy lifestyles have the potential to reduce healthcare costs

17 February 2012 | General

The steep increases in medical scheme contributions announced by many medical schemes at the beginning of the year attracted harsh criticism from both medical scheme members and the National Department of Health. The prevalence of non-communicable disease

76% of all deliveries via C-Section

16 February 2012 | General

Statistics from Fedhealth’s data warehouse over the last 3 years show that of all their deliveries in South Africa, 76 percent are performed via c-section. This is across both public and private facilities. Although this percentage is much lower in Europ

CMS: Court rules regulator did not defame medical scheme

16 February 2012 | Medical Schemes

The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) has ruled that the Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) did not defame Selfmed Medical Scheme when the regulator alluded to concerns over the scheme’s governance in its Annual Report of 2004-2005.

KPMG: Funding the NHI - Income tax vs. VAT vs. sin taxes

14 February 2012 | General

After the South African Government released its long expected Policy Paper on National Health Insurance (Policy Paper) (NHI) funding on 11 August 2011, quite a few questions remained unanswered. For that reason, market commentators are anticipating more c

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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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Minister owes taxpayers more clarity on scope of NHI funding

14 February 2012 | General

Pensioners set to benefit from implementation of NHI

09 February 2012 | General

Tax benefits for medical professionals needed in the budget

08 February 2012 | General

Sound financial governance, not profit, behind rise in medical aid costs

08 February 2012 | General

Cancer beatable but SA business must join the fight

02 February 2012 | General

Prioritise your healthcare with your new-year resolutions

24 January 2012 | General

AIDS programmes bear fruit in the workplace

09 January 2012 | HIV

Integrated administration and managed care systems help to bring down costs in medical schemes

13 December 2011 | Medical Schemes

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