October 2011 News Archive

Feel like you're not being told the full story? ›

As a consumer it can be difficult to know who to trust with meeting your needs.   
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Medical schemes council concerned over steep rise in benefit payments ›

The Council for Medical Schemes has warned that the trend of increasing costs has serious implications for the wellbeing and sustainability for the healthcare system, and the absence of effective supply-side regulation - especially for private hospitals - remains a concern.  
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Dilemma for medical aids ›

Medical schemes challenging the government regulator of the industry in court on the scope of the set of compulsory benefits may find themselves in an uncomfortable position should they happen to win.
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Let GEMS put you first, where you belong ›   

Tired of hearing nothing but blah, blah, blah  ...
and not seeing enough action from your medical scheme?
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Young Americans have more risky sex than South Africans  ›

Despite the high rate of HIV, research has found that young South Africans have less risky sexual behaviour than young people from the USA.
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More healthcare news snippets ›

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