Why lower CPI won’t mean lower healthcare costs for South Africans
Medical inflation outpaces CPI because of unique pressures such as the rising costs of technology, chronic diseases, and private healthcare pricing.
Medical inflation outpaces CPI because of unique pressures such as the rising costs of technology, chronic diseases, and private healthcare pricing.
BHF-commissioned study identifies 11 assertions made about private healthcare and medical schemes that lack foundation.
In an interview this week, President Ramaphosa was asked whether South Africans will pay higher taxes to fund NHI.
The difference between medical scheme cover and medical insurance – and where gap cover fits in.