A
consultative process has been underway on the development of a low-income
medical scheme (LIMS) framework based on circular 10 of 2005, issued by the
Council for Medical Schemes on 5 April 2005.
The consultative process was co-ordinated by Dr Jonathan Broomberg. A number of
working groups were set up to facilitate the research activities, and a health
survey was also commissioned.
The process has also been actively supported by many within the private health
sector, who contributed time, creativity and money. This support has
contributed to the development of a common understanding of the difficulties
faced by low-income groups in gaining access to risk pooling for healthcare in
South Africa. It has also contributed substantially to the development of an
understanding of the potential solutions.
As a final stakeholder report has now been completed through the LIMS process,
we thought it appropriate to hold a one-day conference/forum to present and
debate the findings of the report.
We envisage that we will, soon after the forum, move into a new phase where
government policy makers will develop a final set of recommendations for
submission to the Minister for possible implementation.
Forum details
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25 April 2006. |
| Venue: |
CSIR International Convention Centre; Meiring Naude Road,
Brummeria,Pretoria.
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| Start-time: |
Registration 08h30 for 09h00. |
| End-time: |
Close-out 17h00. |
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Participation in Forum
People who wish to attend should send in their applications by email
to w.warden@medicalschemes.com.
The applications should indicated the following details for each delegate:
. Name of delegate:
. Organization:
. Office phone:
. Cell number:
. Email contact details:
It may be necessary to limit the numbers of people. It is therefore recommended
that each organization try to limit the number of delegates to no more than 2.
We look forward to a productive conclusion to the initial consultative phase of
the LIMS process and would like to sincerely thank all those people who gave
both time and resources to the process.
Please note that the background information and certain other resources can be
found on the Council for Medical Schemes website (www.medicalschemes.com).
To read further on this Circular (17 of 2006):
Click Here
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