Discovery Health Challenges ‘Flawed’ Racial Bias Report

Discovery Health has issued a sharp rebuke to the findings of the Section 59 inquiry. It alleged the company’s systems demonstrated racial bias against black healthcare practitioners. The final report, handed to Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, asserted that Discovery, along with Medscheme and the Government Employees Medical Scheme (Gems), employed procedurally unfair systems. These systems disproportionately penalised black professionals.…

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