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18/12/2024

Exciting developments in South African healthcare! Doctors are pitching an alternative to the National Health Insurance while keeping medical aid in the picture. Read more about their proposal here: https://wix.to/Uxo8k2G

The Universal Healthcare Access Coalition (UHAC), which represents the majority of healthcare professional associations in South Africa, has presented an alternative to the National Health Insurance (NHI) to President Cyril Ramaphosa.These include a proposal to separate funding from service purchasi...

20/10/2023

https://www.healthgroup.org.za/post/concourt-rules-in-favour-of-discovery-health-vs-raf

Members of medical schemes can feel relieved as Discovery Health recently won a court case against the Road Accident Fund (RAF). The RAF had issued a directive last year, instructing its offices to stop processing claims from medical scheme members. Discovery Health argued that this was discriminato...

20/07/2023

Medical Scheme Environment National Health Insurance (NHI) Update 24 May 2023: NHI Bill adopted by Parliamentary Portfolio Committee (PPC) for Health 12 June 2023: NHI Bill approved by Parliament Now passes to National Council of Provinces (NCOP) note that the Western Cape (DA run) does not support....

13/04/2023

Did you know that HealthGroup is accredited to offer funeral cover? Contact us for a quote. Discovery Health clients qualify for a 15% discount on premiums too.