Medical schemes face âsustainability challengesâ
By Georgina Crouth
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Medical schemes face âserious sustainability challengesâ owing to stagnant membership growth, among other things. This emerged at the release last week of the Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) annual report for 2019/20.
The council, which lost two chairmen this year to Covid-19 â Dr Clarence Mini in May, then Professor Lungile Pepeta in August â has been wracked by staff shortages, internal probes into fraud and corruption, and a constrained budget. In mid-November, a new council was appointed as part of the CMSâs five-year planning cycle, headed by a new chairman, Dr Memela Makiwane.