Aaron Motsoaledi still adamant private healthcare is too costly
HEALTH Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has reiterated his position that private healthcare is exorbitantly priced, supporting recent findings by the World Health Organisation (WHO).A WHO report compared SA’s private healthcare costs to those of 20 countries in the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. The report concluded that SA’s hospital costs were high when measured against GDP per capita, with the driving forces being in-house hospitals and specialist fees.Motsoaledi was speaking on the sidelines of a special session of the Competition Commission’s healthcare market inquiry in Pretoria."Those that are here not only attacked the facts but also the methodology of the report. As for me, I will challenge anyone who says that there is no inequality," the minister said.The Department of Health had to ensure that access to healthcare as per section 27 of the Constitution was adhered to."We are not stopping anyone to provide healthcare. You just have to provide it within the...
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