PRIVATE HEALTHCARE REPORT: VARIOUS ROLE PLAYERS COLLUDED TO ROB CONSUMERS

Eyewitness News - Jhoannesburg. The commission’s inquiry has found that health practitioners had been sending patients to private hospitals unnecessarily, just because medical schemes would pay.The Competition Commission has called for a new regulator to be established to keep health funders, facilities and practitioners in check. The commission on Monday released its report into private healthcare. The commission’s inquiry has found that health practitioners had been sending patients to private hospitals unnecessarily, just because medical schemes would pay. It also found that various role-players had been colluding to rob consumers...>>>