Public Protector should investigate Council of Medical Schemes for alleged corruption
The DA will write to the Public Protector to ask her to investigate the Council for Medical Schemes following allegations of corruption during the merger of Liberty Health Medical Scheme and Medicover Medical Scheme at the beginning of 2010.
The DA has reason to believe that up to R65 million of ordinary South Africans’ medical contributions were used for individual self-interest which has effectively compromised the healthcare of many ordinary South Africans whose medical contributions were syphoned off- without- their knowledge to benefit a few greedy health insurance officials. If these allegations turn out to be true it will be a cruel conduct of a system that promises to take care of ill people and that they have been taken advantage of at a time when they are most vulnerable.
The Council for Medical Schemes is a statutory body tasked with the important job of regulating medical schemes.
At the time of the merger, the Liberty Health Medical Scheme was administered by Liberty Health.