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Private medical insurance is a luxury less than one in five (16 percent) of South Africans can afford, and it is not getting any cheaper. Studies reveal that in 1981 a household with one working member paid about 7 percent of its income to medical scheme contributions. By 1991 this had increased to 14 percent, rising further to 20 percent by 2001, and 30 percent by 2007…..Read more