Private hospitals milk medical aids: Motsoaledi

Private hospitals are ripping off workers, employers and medical aid schemes by charging as much as R15000 for a simple 30-minute medical circumcision that costs R400 at a public hospital.

30 Jun 2011

This is according to Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, who told members of labour federation Cosatu's central committee at their meeting yesterday that private hospitals had become get-rich-quick schemes that milk medical aids. Read on

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