MPs don’t want to be on the best medical aid in SA
This, he argues, will grant members of parliament and other elected office-bearers, including those in the National Council of Provinces, members of provincial legislatures as well as judges, “the right to join a medical aid scheme of their choice, or to utilise public healthcare services”.
The National Assembly is considering a proposal to amend the Parliamentary and Provincial Medical Aid Scheme Act, 1975, which would replace compulsory membership of the Parmed Medical Aid Scheme with voluntary membership.
He adds that “it is unconscionable for a medical aid scheme to be exclusive to members of Parliament, as well as to other public office bearers, to the exclusion of the public whom they serve”.
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