Tamar Kahn
Science and Health Editor at Financial Mail
Science and Health Editor at Business Day
Writer and occasional data dabbler. Covering science, health and education for Business Day
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2 days ago |
businesslive.co.za | Tamar Kahn
MARKET WRAP Business Day TV speaks to Anthea Gardner from Cartesian Capital
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2 days ago |
businesslive.co.za | Tamar Kahn
The Health Funders Association (HFA) has asked the high court in Pretoria to declare the National Health Insurance (NHI) Act irrational and unconstitutional, marking the sixth legal challenge seeking to have the legislation set aside. The HFA is one of SA’s two leading medical scheme industry associations, and counts Discovery Health Medical Scheme among its members.
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5 days ago |
businesslive.co.za | Tamar Kahn
The SA Medical Device Industry Association (Samed) has once again raised the alarm about the government’s failure to pay its members’ bills on time, warning that small firms are increasingly reluctant to supply the state. At the end of May, 49 Samed members were owed more than R1.4bn by provincial health departments, the National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) and the SA Military Health Service combined.
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5 days ago |
businesslive.co.za | Tamar Kahn
Deputy health minister Joe Phaahla and public health advocates have pushed back against tobacco industry claims that their electronic devices are designed to help people quit cigarettes, accusing companies of deliberately marketing their products to South Africans who have never smoked.
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5 days ago |
businesslive.co.za | Tamar Kahn
The SA Medical Device Industry Association (Samed) has once again raised the alarm about the government’s failure to pay its members’ bills on time, warning that small firms are increasingly reluctant to supply the state. At the end of May, 49 Samed members were owed more than R1.4bn by provincial health departments, the National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) and the SA Military Health Service combined.
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Stripping civil servants of medical scheme benefits will require care, BHF hears https://t.co/RCvo7jcVHL via @BusinessLiveSA
Court orders Ramaphosa to provide records showing how he decided to sign the NHI Act into law https://t.co/cvknpbUGYQ via @BusinessLiveSA
MRC raises bid for emergency funding as donors step up https://t.co/P25C9YIm07 via @BusinessLiveSA