CMS invites BHF to collaborate, criticises ‘forum-shopping’ tactics
The BHF’s canvassing of key policy issues in the public domain via a ‘deliberately leaked’ lawyer’s letter indicates the organisation ‘has run out of creative ideas’.
The BHF’s canvassing of key policy issues in the public domain via a ‘deliberately leaked’ lawyer’s letter indicates the organisation ‘has run out of creative ideas’.
The CMS asserts that medical schemes have frequently disregarded the existing appeals procedures, exploiting them to the detriment of members’ interests.
The regulator comes out swinging in its response to the Board of Healthcare Funders’ claims of bullying and curatorship abuse.
National Treasury will work with the Department of Health on the funding scenarios outlined in the 2017 White Paper.
The BHF raises 10 issues, including the ‘misuse’ of curatorships, whether NHI is informing policy prematurely, and the absence of low-cost benefit options.
Meanwhile, Solidarity suffers a setback in its efforts to halt the government’s preparations for implementing the system.
The Minister of Finance says the R1.4 billion allocation demonstrates the government’s commitment to National Health Insurance.
The substantial tax increases would have to be implemented in an already tough economic environment, says a report by FTI Consulting.
Not providing tax relief will be a relatively easy way for a cash-strapped National Treasury to collect revenue.
‘Real insurance would be achieved if unambiguous private healthcare insurance were fully decriminalised.’
There are hints the president may decide not to sign the legislation into law in its current form.