Open AccessMedical aid system: Change way overdue
Author(s) -
Chris Bateman
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
samj. south african medical journal/south african medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.527
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 2078-5135
pISSN - 0256-9574
DOI - 10.7196/samj.5693
Subject(s) - adversarial system , medicine , wonder , risk analysis (engineering) , law , psychology , social psychology , political science
The South African medical aid system has evolved in such a way (fragmented risk pools, legally beholden to prescribed minimum benefits (PMBs), a free-for-all on provider tariffs), that there's little wonder it's adversarial and riven with antagonism, exploitation and mistrust.