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Opinion: State health cover sinking under fraud

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Fraud perpetrated by hospitals is making the Government-sponsored police and teachers’ medical scheme difficult to administer and unrewarding to its beneficiaries.

The corruption is being carried out by the health providers through double billing, unwarranted admissions and hospitals exaggerating costs by carrying out unnecessary tests, according Aon General Manager Edwin Kegonde.

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