In English convention, two academic titles are not combined: "we never use the combination 'Professor Doctor'. "Professor" denotes an academic staff grade rather than a qualification, specifically the most senior one, whereas "Dr" denotes someone who holds a PhD but has not been promoted to that grade. As such the professorship already implies the doctorate, therefore combining both titles is redundant.
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The Government of Zimbabwe intends to introduce a Statutory Instrument prohibiting medical aid societies from owning medical service providers such as clinics and pharmacies.
Beyond being anti “open for business,” this move risks decimating the medical insurance sector in the same way policy and monetary instability destroyed confidence in the pension sector. The real problem is not vertical integration by medical aid societies. The real problem is hyperinflation, currency instability and the collapse of confidence in our monetary system. Medical insurance has simply found a way to work around that dysfunction.
The proposed SI will likely lead to a sharp increase in medical fees and it is customers who will suffer most. The doctors and pharmacists lobbying for this measure are being anti-business and ultimately, acting against their own long-term interests. A better response would be for them to come together and establish medical aid societies that can rival the existing players.
If we destroy medical aid societies, customers will not suddenly rush to private doctors and pharmacies. Many will simply stop using formal doctors and pharmacies altogether, as we have seen in parts of Africa where medical aid systems collapsed.