Calls grow for medical aid regulations overhaul

THERE are renewed calls for the government to urgently review Zimbabwe’s Medical Aid Regulations, Statutory Instrument (SI) 330 of 2000, amid concerns that the framework no longer reflects current realities in the country’s healthcare financing sector.

Stakeholders say the more than two-decade-old law has failed to keep pace with economic shifts, changing healthcare delivery models and plans for a national health insurance (NHI) scheme, creating regulatory gaps that they argue are fuelling conflicts of interest, weakening accountability and limiting access to affordable care.

The SI operationalised medical aid societies more than two decades ago, establishing rules for their registration and operations.

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