Healthcare

The rampant bull the medical industry cannot capture

One of the major rallying calls for the implementation of the National Health Insurance (NHI) is the fact that medical care in South Africa is excessively expensive.

Time to prepare for your family’s 2020 healthcare needs

A growing burden of NCDS

South Africa has a quadruple burden of disease, with high prevalence of HIV/AIDS and TB; high maternal and child mortality; high levels of violence and injuries; and a growing burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), according to the Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) discussion document, ‘Development of Low-Cost Benefit Options within the Medical Schemes Industry’.

Genesis Medical Scheme announces the lowest contribution increase for 2020

Across the private healthcare industry in South Africa, members of medical schemes are bracing themselves for a 10% increase in their 2020 contributions, exceeding the general inflation rate by 4.6%.