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Discovery Vitality boosts support for obesity drug users (opens the original)
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Health and life insurer Discovery’s rewards scheme Vitality is stepping up its support for medical scheme members taking GLP-1 medicines for obesity, saying sustained weight loss requires more than drugs. International research shows many patients stop treatment within a year, while Discovery’s analysis of claims from Discovery Health Medical Scheme (DHMS) members shows most stop claiming for GLP-1 medicines after less than six months. DHMS is the largest client of Discovery’s medical scheme adm
Law reform body calls for scrapping of lump-sum medical payouts (opens the original)
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The South African Law Reform Commission (SALRC) has recommended that the government scrap lump-sum payouts for victims of medical negligence and introduce a new compensation system providing patients with structured “pay as you go” settlements. In a long-awaited report released on Tuesday, the commission has proposed two new pieces of legislation that would allow public sector patients and their families to seek redress either through the courts or through a new administrative system overseen by
Law reform body calls for scrapping of lump-sum medical payouts (opens the original)
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The South African Law Reform Commission (SALRC) has recommended that the government scrap lump-sum payouts for victims of medical negligence and introduce a new compensation system providing patients with structured “pay as you go” settlements. In a long-awaited report released on Tuesday, the commission has proposed two new pieces of legislation that would allow public sector patients and their families to seek redress either through the courts or through a new administrative system overseen by
BIG READ | Looming ‘silver tsunami’ set to strain health system (opens the original)
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When Sibongile Tshabalala was diagnosed with HIV in 2000, then-president Thabo Mbeki’s Aids denialism was at its peak and activists were locked in battle with his administration over its refusal to provide life-saving treatment. The focus was on survival. No-one was thinking about what it might mean to grow old with HIV, says Tshabalala, now the chair of the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC). But today, thanks to the wide-scale provision of free treatment, South Africa has a large and steadily gro
BHF says medical regulator’s fee hike target is wishful thinking (opens the original)
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One of South Africa’s key medical scheme associations has challenged the industry regulator’s guidance on contribution increases for 2027, saying it risks creating unrealistic expectations among members. The Board of Healthcare Funders (BHF), which represents schemes covering about half of South Africa’s 9-million medical scheme beneficiaries, has written to the Council for Medical Schemes (CMS), saying it has failed to take account of soaring healthcare costs. Its move comes against a backdrop
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