South Africa’s private healthcare sector is under severe pressure, particularly with rampant inflation tracking at rates higher than CPI, creating a system that will eventually, in the not too distant future, become unsustainable. In fact, at the end of last year, most of the country’s medical aids announced double-digit premium increases for 2017. “Issues that..
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Desperately seeking: A viable healthcare payment system
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What to consider when deciding on a medical scheme
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Are your health insurance costs too high? Try decoding your medical aid terms and conditions and associated costs to make sure that it works for you. “While health insurance is important, it comes at a cost that is rapidly rising. Unfortunately for the consumer, this affects medical scheme membership contribution rates, and the increases of..
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Why medical aids are so expensive.
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Healthcare is complex. Our bodies are the most complex machines we know of, and our brains and minds work in ways we do not yet fully comprehend. Despite rapid advances in medicine it remains an imperfect and growing science. This article unpacks just some of the mysteries of the healthcare system. When health problems arise..
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The benefits on low blood pressure
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If you were born with blood pressure on the low side, that’s good news – but there are still a few things worth knowing about this condition. Having low blood pressure in your genetic make-up means you don’t face the risk of developing heart problems or having a stroke as a result of high blood..
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Catastrophic antibiotic threat from food
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – The greatly excessive use of antibiotics in food production in recent decades has made many bacteria more resistant to antibiotics. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has estimated that antibiotic use in animal husbandry, poultry farming and aquaculture in the US is over four times USDA recommended levels. Meanwhile, the..
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Therapy For Breast Cancer Is No Longer Cut And Dried
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High-profile media campaigns have made most South African women aware that breast cancer poses a very real risk. But the message that really needs to be conveyed is that the disease can affect anyone and that most women who get breast cancer do not have risk factors. In addition, more and more young women are..
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8 Symptoms of Endometriosis Many Doctors Don’t Recognize
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Endometriosis is one of the least understood female conditions. Despite the fact that roughly 1 in 10 women of reproductive age suffers from endometriosis (equivalent to 5 million women in the United States and 176 million women worldwide) very little is known about the condition (1,2). Worse yet, about three-quarters of these women experience pelvic..
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Disastrous antibiotic hazard from food
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The greatly excessive use of antibiotics in food production in recent decades has made many bacteria more resistant to antibiotics. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has estimated that antibiotic use in animal husbandry, poultry farming and aquaculture in the US is over four times USDA recommended levels. Meanwhile, the US Food and Drugs..
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Oversupply of hospital beds contributes to healthcare inflation.
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Healthcare costs consistently outpace inflation. In South Africa, these costs are not regulated so it is pivotal for medical aid schemes to explore ways and means of decreasing costs on the supplier side, particularly with hospitals. This is coupled with a private healthcare industry cost blow-out in 2016 (largely related to increased hospital admission rates)..
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Embarrassed about your unsightly sore? 3 Step Cold Sore Remedy Video
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