This week a report emerged claiming that Medical Aid Schemes racially profile doctors, and that black doctors are one and a half times more likely to be accused of committing fraud than white doctors.
On Wednesday the SA Human Rights Commission hauled medical schemes over the coals after they admitted not knowing the racial demographics of the healthcare practitioners on their networks.
SAHRC Gauteng Manager Bonang Jones said at the release of this report, “Understanding our historical context‚ South Africans were segregated along racial lines. If you want to transform the industry‚ you still have to ascertain how many people are benefiting from our network.
“How many practitioners? How many females? How many black‚ coloured‚ Indian people are there in our network?”
It seems that not applying racial criteria to doctors is racist with regard to doctors. Critical race theory is thriving in South Africa.