Covid-19 tests
Medical aids take on top private labs over Covid test price
Health Funders Association calls for probe into prices charged by Pathcare, Ampath and Lancet and hopes to claw back about R1bn
02 March 2023 - 05:00
A group of medical schemes representing more than half the industry has taken aim at SA’s three biggest private pathology laboratories over the price of Covid-19 tests and asked competition authorities to launch a fresh probe into their conduct.
If successful, they believe they could claw back an estimated R1bn previously paid out by the 35 schemes party to the complaint...
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