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[TOP STORY] Could forcing more South Africans into medical aid make it cheaper?

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‘Medical aid schemes are effectively 20% to 30% more expensive because we never made it mandatory for employed people to belong to medical schemes,’ says Thoneshan Naidoo, CEO of the Health Funders Association.

4 Sep 8AM English South Africa Business News · Politics

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