
High Court upholds medical schemes’ recovery powers
The ruling preserves a key anti-fraud tool that industry bodies say protects member funds and helps contain healthcare costs.

The ruling preserves a key anti-fraud tool that industry bodies say protects member funds and helps contain healthcare costs.

The Pretoria High Court formalises an agreement between the Presidency and NHI opponents to stay ongoing court proceedings.

The President undertakes not to bring any provisions of the NHI Act into force until the Constitutional Court rules on two cases.

Organisations engaged in litigation to oppose the NHI Act respond to Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s appeal for a compromise.

The Health Funders Association asks the Standing Committee on Public Accounts to direct the Fund to cease legal action relating to its directives.

The Health Funders Association, which represents nearly half of SA’s private healthcare market, is the latest organisation to launch a legal challenge against the NHI Act.