# The Congress of South African Trade Unions has welcomed the High Court in Pretoria’s decision to block the Board of Healthcare Funders from offering watered-down medical aid alternatives to the National Health Insurance. The court ruled such options fail to meet prescribed minimum benefits under South African law. COSATU’s Zanele Sabela says these alternatives would undermine universal healthcare goals:
COSATU welcomes blocking of low-cost medical aid alternative to NHI [SOUND]
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