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[Johannesburg, 22 June 2017] -
Everyone is pointing fingers at everyone else when it comes to the reasons why the cost of private healthcare continues soaring into above inflationary increases year-on-year.
Choosing a medical scheme is considered a necessary evil, the cost of which is reluctantly absorbed due to the ever-present public healthcare services; however, the reality is no one could afford the privilege of private healthcare without the associated health insurance.
An extended length of stay in an intensive care unit of a hospital can quickly run into millions of rands, which no one really has just ‘lying around' as disposable income. There are the hospital costs, the anaesthetist fees, surgeon fees, medication and a whole range of incidental expenses linked to a single health event. A consultation with a specialist can easily cost over R1 000 a time, and that excludes the potential pathology and radiology costs if you need blood tests or x-ray scans done.
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