South Africa's Health Minister Dr. Aaron Motsoaledi has received the final report from the Section 59 Investigation Panel, which examined allegations of racial discrimination by medical schemes against black healthcare providers. The investigation, initiated in 2019 by the Council for Medical Schemes, found that black healthcare practitioners were disproportionately targeted in fraud, waste, and abuse investigations and faced unfair treatment. The report confirmed that leading medical schemes, including Discovery Health, the Government Employees Medical Scheme (GEMS), and Medscheme, acted in a racially discriminatory manner. The panel highlighted violations of procedural fairness and identified evidence of bias by some top medical aid practitioners. Dr. Motsoaledi acknowledged the report's findings as concerning and committed to acting on its recommendations. Discovery Health has expressed strong disagreement with the findings. The inquiry has raised questions about the schemes' ability to effectively recover funds through fraud investigations due to the alleged discrimination. The investigation has brought to light systemic racial bias within South Africa's healthcare fraud detection and medical aid scheme practices.