Saving health sector from greed and abuse

At the moment, the cost of medical aid is much higher than in the region and some tariffs are much more than individual salaries.

International best practice shows that medical insurance costs cannot go beyond 10 percent of one’s earnings. In Zimbabwe, the average salary is $300, so it stands to reason that there is need for a realignment of the current tariffs and the reality on the ground.

The current system is flawed and needs an urgent revisit. At the moment no one wants to admit the total collapse of the system.

Zimbabwe needs an independent board that balances the needs of health insurers, providers, government and the public.

Overregulation and poor government interventions have put the system in intensive care. Officials and the industry have tended to be self-serving, ignoring their most important resource, the people.-The Source

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