NHI rattles medical schemes — and stocks
The recently tabled NHI is unclear about the role of medical aid schemes
18 August 2019 - 00:14
After a week of its share price taking a beating, Discovery said on Friday that the National Health Insurance Bill's plan to curtail the role of medical aid schemes would undermine the NHI's objectives.
In an announcement on the JSE's news service, Discovery said: "Our view is that substantially limiting the role of medical schemes would be counterproductive to the NHI because there are simply insufficient resources to meet the needs of all South Africans."..
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