{
  "id": 18496198,
  "title": "South Africa’s healthcare cover gap is not one problem but four",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/south-africas-healthcare-cover-gap-is-not-one-problem-but-four",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-06T12:17:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/news/opinion/2026-11-06-south-africas-healthcare-cover-gap-is-not-one-problem-but-four/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Statistics South Africa’s analysis of the 2022/23 Income and Expenditure Survey found that 14.1% of people were covered by medical aid. Households still spent R31.5 billion directly on healthcare, including R11.2 billion on medicines. People outside comprehensive medical scheme cover are therefore not outside the healthcare system",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/aa-boss-gives-south-africas-car-industry-five-years",
        "published": "2026-11-06T10:22:57.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}