Report Exposes Medical Schemes Discrimination Against Black Doctors

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report exposes medical schemes discrimination against black doctors

The chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Health, Dr Sibongiseni Dlomo, says there seems to be a section of the Medical Schemes Act that allows medical aid companies to discriminate against black doctors.

Dr Dlomos comments follow the release of the Section 59 report last week.

The panel, which was led by advocate Tembeka Ngcukaitobi, investigated medical schemes deliberate and systematic discrimination against black healthcare providers.

It found the medical aid companies, such as Discovery, Medscheme, and GEMS, cast more aspersions on black practitioners to have committed fraud, wastage, or abuse than their white counterparts.

The three medical aid schemes represent 80 of the membership of medical aids.