Cheap medical aid new battleground between NHI and private sector
The health of the nation is at stake amid claims that the regulator is blocking plans to boost low-cost health insurance
18 May 2023 - 05:00
Claims by the private sector that low-cost medical aid is being blocked are a “sideshow” to National Health Insurance (NHI), says Nicholas Crisp, who is driving the government’s health plan.
Crisp, the deputy director-general of the national health department, spoke to the FM after Business Unity South Africa (Busa) urged the Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) to discuss the long-delayed regulation of low-cost plans...
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