On Friday the Health Market Inquiry (HMI) published a revised Terms of Reference (ToR), announcing a further postponement in the publication of its final report and recommendations,  from 30 November 2018 to 29 March 2019. This the latest in a [...]

By Helen Kean The second version of the Competition Amendment Bill was published on 5 July 2018. Econex’s summary of the first version, published on 1 December 2017, may be found here. As there are now numerous summaries of what [...]

By Dr Paula Armstrong On 21 June 2018, the Minister of Health, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi released the National Health Insurance Bill (NHI Bill) and the Medical Schemes Amendment Bill (MSA Bill). The Minister explained that the overarching objectives of the [...]