Benchmark Survey: 1 in 5 South Africans doubt they will be able to retire
Report also flags the decline in employers making it compulsory for employees to join a medical scheme.
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Thursday briefing: a round-up of recent financial news
Real incomes down 4pp | Push to sanction non-disclosure of beneficial ownership | Cell captive plan for expensive medical treatment
Monday briefing: a round-up of recent financial news
Busa lobbies for medical schemes under NHI | Few equity funds beat Alsi | High-targeting absolute return funds underperform | RAF to approach ConCourt over Discovery ruling | ‘Windfall tax’ from loadshedding | Alexforbes acquires stake in TSA
RAF wants to take its case against Discovery to the Constitutional Court
The fund has not resumed paying the past medical expenses of scheme members injured in motor vehicle accidents.
‘Worrying trend’ in medical schemes’ membership profile
Alexforbes report also shows that contribution increases have outstripped CPI inflation over the past 22 years.
Most schemes rely on investments to achieve a net breakeven result – report
Do their highly conservative investment strategies pose a threat to their long-term sustainability?
NHI: MPs hear conflicting legal opinions on limiting the role of medical schemes
Parliamentary legal services and the State Law Adviser have different views on whether the NHI Bill will pass constitutional muster.
Cap on healthcare broker fees increases by 4.7%
Applies to contributions received from 1 January.
Medical schemes want pathology groups to pay back ‘excessive charges’ for Covid-19 tests
Health Funders Association files a complaint with the Competition Commission
Which medical scheme has the most satisfied members?
Survey compares Bestmed, Bonitas, Discovery, Medihelp and the Government Employees Medical Scheme.
Ruling in dispute between Road Accident Fund and Discovery Health over claims
Medical schemes and administrators now know whether they can continue to claim from the RAF on behalf of their members.
Analysis of oncology benefits reveals grave cost concerns
Both private healthcare and public healthcare are negatively affected by costing factors beyond their control.
CMS’s proposed medical scheme levy for 2023/24
It is markedly higher than the increases over the past three financial years.
Health Squared provisional curatorship extended again
Curator’s answers to members’ questions are available online.
RAF ordered to pay medical expense claims covered by medical schemes
Judge says directive was a ‘flagrant disregard’ of the RAF Act and a ‘hopeless undermining’ of the Constitution.
Sanlam seeks controlling stake in AfroCentric
Sanlam announced this week that it has submitted a letter to the board of AfroCentric Investment Corporation Limited (AfroCentric), expressing Sanlam’s intention to acquire AfroCentric shares that would result in Sanlam acquiring a […]
Update from Health Squared’s provisional curator
Members who migrated to other medical schemes can only ask for waiting periods to be waived.
