EDITORIAL: First fix the broken Compensation Fund
Controversial proposal will wipe out intermediary services sector
04 February 2021 - 05:10
With the stroke of a legislative pen the government proposes to wipe out a services sector that has played a crucial role in acting as an intermediary between medical service providers and the Compensation Fund.
If the fund were operating optimally and not in the dysfunctional way it is, there would perhaps be no need for intermediaries. But even in this case it should be left to the medical service providers themselves and not to the government to decide how they manage their businesses...
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