Here is a summary of the recommended changes gazetted in June 2018 under the authority of the Minister of Health, which, if passed as gazetted, will affect all medical schemes as well as any intended National Health Insurance (NHI)…

There has of course been a lot of talk and much reported and written recently about the Gazetted June 2018 recommended changes for implementation of the NHI, the proposed changes to certain rules governing medical (aid) schemes as well as the possible “redundancy” of (/ unnecessary) (expenditure on) medical aid brokers due to their function being regarded by the Ministry of Health as an unnecessary expense.