COVID-19 COSTS
Forum proposes plan to keep struggling medical practices afloat
Patient volumes have plunged since SA’s first case of Covid-19 in March
29 June 2020 - 23:59
An advocacy group that includes some of SA’s leading health activists, clinicians and researchers has proposed a deal to buffer private health practitioners and medical schemes from the financial effect of Covid-19.
The Progressive Health Forum (PHF) said its plan would keep cash-strapped practices afloat and put private sector health-care professionals in a better position to help with state patients as infections continue to rise...
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