Private hospitals milk medical aids: Motsoaledi
Private hospitals are ripping off workers, employers and medical aid schemes by charging as much as R15000 for a simple 30-minute medical circumcision that costs R400 at a public hospital.
This is according to Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, who told members of labour federation Cosatu's central committee at their meeting yesterday that private hospitals had become get-rich-quick schemes that milk medical aids. Read on