It sounds to me like the ridiculous original proposal - which is certainly one of the bigger reasons I'm considering getting out this country - whereby basically the existing private medical schemes would be destroyed, has been tempered by a bit of common sense? Mind you, I'd still want to hear whether my tax rebate is still going to be swiped by the trough-snouting ANC idiots. Maybe the best solution is to let all health services be run by the private sector, with their greater efficiency and transparency, rather than by the current useless cadres who have destroyed the system they took over in 1994, which seemed to work very well, despite what the naysayers say.