title: Medical aid system: change way overdue.
abstract: The South African medical aid system has evolved in such a way (fragmented risk pools, legally beholden to prescribed minimum benefits (PMBs), a free-for-all on provider tariffs), that there's little wonder it's adversarial and riven with antagonism, exploitation and mistrust.
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bateman
mesh_terms: D005381:Financing, Organized / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards; D005607:Fraud / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000517:prevention & control; D019981:Health Care Sector / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000592:standards; D006288:Health Planning Organizations / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D011635:Public Health Administration / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards