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Is gap cover vital in the current climate of medical aid providers?

08 July 2016 | Medical Schemes

It is becoming increasingly apparent that a gap is growing between what medical aid providers cover for certain in-hospital procedures and the actual cost of these procedures and associated expenses. This emerging breach is responsible for moving gap cover from an optional extra to a vital insurance product.

The pros and cons of the flu vaccination

06 July 2016 | General

With the winter season upon us, most of us are likely to be affected, in some way or another, by the influenza (“flu”) virus. Some of us get sick, while many others have to take care of loved ones who become ill.

BHF calls for paradigm shift in support of NHI

28 June 2016 | General

When the Minister of Health Dr Aaron Motsoaledi published his opinion on the future of healthcare in South Africa in a Sunday newspaper this past weekend, Dr Humphrey Zokufa, MD of the Board of Healthcare Funders, was very encouraged. He saw the opinion as a reiteration of the fact that the BHF and the Minister “are united both in our determination to provide better healthcare for all South Africans, and in the direction we must take to achieve this goal.”

NHI is going to happen, but who will fund it?

24 June 2016 | Medical Schemes

South Africa’s healthcare system is on the brink of a total overhaul, with the White Paper on National Health Insurance (NHI) having been released for public comment in December 2015. Once implemented, the NHI aims to ensure universal healthcare for all, bridging the current affordability gap between the 84% of people who do not have access, and the 16% of South Africans who can afford private healthcare. But, with the South African economy under pressure, the healthcare industry has raised concerns regarding how the NHI can be funded to ensure universal healthcare for all.

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