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[TOP STORY] Youth unemployment deepens SA’s medical aid crisis

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‘Young people are not joining the medical aid scheme and the ones who are in the medical aid scheme are dropping out. This results in a spiral effect in which the contributions or the premiums become more expensive,’ says Luyanda Njilo, senior equity research analyst for healthcare at Nedbank Corporate and Investment Banking.

18 May 8AM English South Africa Business News · Politics

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