HEALTHCARE ROULETTE The hidden costs of medical aid, and how to safeguard against prescribed minimum benefit pitfalls 4 min 0 By Jamie Benjamin
COST OF HEALTHCARE All you need to know about 2026 medical scheme contribution increases 4 min 0 By Neesa Moodley
LEGAL SHOWDOWN Prescription for victory: Board of Healthcare Funders to appeal against judgment in favour of Council for Medical Schemes 4 min 0 By Lisakanya Venna
SPOTLIGHT Will new healthcare tariff framework finally tame South Africa’s rising medical costs? 8 min 1 By Chris Bateman for Spotlight
HEALTHCARE Battle continues for medical schemes to offer low-cost benefit options 4 min 1 By Lisakanya Venna
HEALTHCARE COSTS Medical scheme 2024 membership contribution hikes are a bitter pill to swallow 4 min 0 By Neesa Moodley
‘IRREGULAR BILLING PRACTICES’ Mediclinic whistle-blower claims spark flurry of industry investigations 3 min 26 By Neesa Moodley
CALL FOR PROBE Council for Medical Schemes ‘deeply disturbed’ by Mediclinic fraud allegations 2 min 0 By Neesa Moodley
EXPLAINER Lifting the curtain on the medical schemes industry spat over low-cost benefit options 3 min 0 By Neesa Moodley
HEALTHCARE Court orders Council for Medical Schemes to cough up source documents on low-cost benefit options 3 min 6 By Neesa Moodley
MEDICAL AID Discovery Health uses unprecedented reserves to launch Wellth Fund 4 min 3 By Neesa Moodley
BENEFITS OUTRAGE Security guards threaten mass national action over ‘irregular’ deductions of millions 5 min 0 By Lucas Ledwaba
LABOUR PAINS Unions and SOEs that fail to pay employee benefits are facing few to no consequences 4 min 2 By Neesa Moodley
HEALTHCARE INSURANCE Mind the reality of the co-payment gap in your medical aid 4 min 0 By Neesa Moodley
OP-ED Algorithmic systems have the potential to proliferate and amplify social injustice: We need ethical AI 1 min 0 By Markus Trengove and Emre Kazim
MEDICAL SCHEME TARIFFS The pursuit of fair and equitable healthcare charges through an annual negotiation process is crucial 5 min 0 By Neesa Moodley
PRIVATE HEALTHCARE COSTS How much more will you pay for your medical scheme next year? 5 min 0 By Neesa Moodley
MAVERICK CITIZEN Labour Court forces Post Office to meet its medical aid obligations for employees 3 min 0 By Ufrieda Ho
Maverick Citizen Bungled: Thousands of Post Office staff face being left with no medical cover through no fault of their own 4 min 3 By Ufrieda Ho
BUSINESS MAVERICK First, do no harm: Medics accuse schemes of riding roughshod over patients’ rights 7 min 9 By Georgina Crouth
