PATRICK MASOBE: Scrapping the low-cost option leaves the poor with no medical safety net
The very people who the government claims to be serving will be left with no way to access private health care
25 February 2020 - 19:06
As recently as March 2019 the Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) released a discussion document seeking industry input on how best to go about implementing low-cost-benefit options (LCBOs), with the intention of introducing measures to provide protection of health-care cover on medical schemes for low-income households.
The project to introduce minimum benefits specially tailored for LCBOs was meant to be implemented as a measure to replace risk-based health insurance products, which were until recently subject to an exemption framework...
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