[TOP STORY] SA’s private healthcare: Is regulation a solution to the cost crisis?

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‘We've been demanding for regulatory intervention that we need to protect the public with price regulation. Similarly, the way we have electricity regulations, water pricing being regulated and so on,’ says Dr Rajesh Patel, head of health system strengthening at the Board of Healthcare Funders.
26 Feb 2025 8AM English South Africa Business News · Politics

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