{
  "id": 7616422,
  "title": "Medical aid costs: Can prescribed minimum benefit reform bring relief?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/medical-aid-costs-can-prescribed-minimum-benefit-reform-bring-relief",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-15T19:35:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Moneyweb",
    "slug": "moneyweb",
    "url": "https://www.moneyweb.co.za/moneyweb-radio/safm-market-update/medical-aid-costs-can-prescribed-minimum-benefit-reform-bring-relief/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "‘We do believe the reforms we are putting forward will help ease pressure on member households in terms of lowering healthcare contributions and decreasing out-of-pocket payments’ – Dr Samantha Iyaloo, public health specialist at the Council for Medical Schemes.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "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."
}