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Health association warns of dangers of hiking medicine prices: Here’s how much prices increased

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Health association warns of dangers of hiking medicine prices: Here’s how much prices increased
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The Health Funders Association (HFA) has warned that increasing medicine prices could hurt struggling households and increase medical scheme expenditure.



HFA CEO Thoneshan Naidoo said that for medical scheme members and households, a medicine price increase is more than a percentage on paper. It affects the cost of maintaining healthcare cover and obtaining necessary treatment.



HFA is a non-profit organisation representing 23 medical schemes and three administrators in South Africa. The or

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