“VAT will effectively have to be doubled,” says Solidarity. The Solidarity Research Institute has released a report detailing the enormous amount of funding necessary to effectively implement the National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme.
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National Health Insurance will cost more than R350 billion:- Solidarity
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South Africa does little to address depression and other mental illnesses:- World Mental Health Day
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As a country, not much has been achieved in building a society that embraces mental illness. For those who are distressed, help is available. Contact SADAG on: 011 234 4837.
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Need to know information:- What to look out for when choosing a medical scheme
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Are your health insurance costs too high? Try decoding your medical aid terms and conditions and associated costs to make sure that it works for you.
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New fears about medical aid law changes may cause ‘doctor drain’
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A key issue of the proposed Medical Schemes Amendment Bill is the impact on doctors, resulting from a proposed uniform tariff for healthcare services.
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Bonitas:- Price hike and big changes for medical aid plans in 2019
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Medical aid scheme Bonitas is to increase prices across its various plans by a weighted average of 8.9% in 2019 – while also launching two new lower-cost plans.
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MEDICAL AID PREMIUMS SET TO INCREASE IN 2019
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Medical aid schemes have announced that the premiums paid by members are set to increase in 2019. Talk Radio 702’s Xolani Gwala spoke to Paresh Prema, general manager of the benefits unit at Council for Medical Schemes, about what medical schemes consider reasons for increasing the premiums. Prema says the responsibility of the council is..
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Deadly diseases are in Gauteng hospitals and it is out of control
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Johannesburg – The Gauteng Health Department is battling two deadly diseases that killed 15 infants in hospitals.
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Faking an Illness:- This is how doctors can spot it!
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It’s one thing to cough and sniff in front of your parents or boss, but you need to realise that it’s a completely different matter to fake an illness to an actual doctor.
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Topvyf chroniese siektes waaraan mediese fondse die meeste geld bestee
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’n Nuwe siekte het in 2017 kop uitgesteek onder die topvyf chroniese siektes waaraan mediese fondse wat Mediscor se dienste gebruik, die meeste geld bestee. Die gebruik van generiese medisyne pleks van die oorspronklike is nou 59,9%. Bipolêre gemoedsversteuring het asma onder die topvyf vervang. Volgens Mediscor, die bestuurder van farmaseutiese voordele, se jaarlikse verslag..
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Government Employees Medical Scheme admitted to blowing hundreds of thousands of its members’ contributions on office space for rats and roaches to enjoy
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The Government Employees Medical Scheme (Gems) has admitted to blowing hundreds of thousands of its members’ contributions to pay for an empty building for a year. Gems has been forking out more than R60,000 a month to Mowana Properties for its North West regional office on the Borekelong House ground floor in Mahikeng since September..
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