South Africa's Health Minister, Dr. Aaron Motsoaledi, has received the final report from the Section 59 Investigation Panel regarding allegations of racial discrimination by medical schemes against black healthcare providers. The investigation, initiated by the Council for Medical Schemes following complaints dating back to 2019, found that black healthcare practitioners were disproportionately subjected to investigations, penalties, and were more likely to be found guilty of fraud, waste, and abuse by medical schemes. The panel concluded that schemes including Discovery Health, the Government Employees Medical Scheme (GEMS), and Medscheme acted unfairly and in a racially discriminatory manner. Dr. Motsoaledi acknowledged the evidence of discrimination by some top medical aid practitioners and stated his intention to act on the report's recommendations. The findings have raised concerns about procedural fairness violations and the potential impact on medical schemes’ ability to recover funds through fraud investigations. Discovery Health has disputed the findings. The inquiry has brought attention to systemic racial bias within South Africa’s healthcare fraud detection systems and medical aid practices.