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February 2017 News


Abolish private medical aid

Medical Aid Schemes are a "crime against humanity" and should be abolished because they cannot co-exist with the government's proposed National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme. Read more>

Health department defends request for info of medical scheme members

The minister of health insists that there is nothing sinister about wanting information from medical schemes and said it is aware that some schemes do not want this information to be available as they have a lot to hide. Read more> 

Health departments private info denial 'misleading'

The health department's denial that it is improperly collecting private information from medical aid members is 'highly misleading'. Read more>

Health department wants details of medical aid members to be stored in central government database 

Health department wants details of medical aid members to be stored in central government database. Read more>

Take the burn out of your medical scheme membership

There is quite some noise in the media and industry about changes and challenges in the medical scheme industry. Read more>

2017 New Year's health resolutions from GEMS

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