Remove adsOwnership structure in private healthcareThe Open Secrets report on private healthcare is the second instalment in its series on “Who Owns South Africa”. “We also have a private health sector problem and a private health access problem in our country, in our region and globally… It’s very expensive. The HMI noted that there had been “inadequate stewardship” of the private health sector by the National Department of Health. Remove adsCross-ownership in the private sectorOne of the problems identified in the Open Secrets report was the cross-ownership and potential “structural conflicts of interest” in the private healthcare industry. “As a result, government employees are also beneficiaries of the financial success of private healthcare companies,” the Open Secrets researchers stated.