How important are vaccines, what role will medical aids play and what are the costs involved in securing such a mammoth, nationwide rollout? Macfarlane Moleli sits down with Ryan Noach (CEO Discovery Health) for an extended discussion. Medical schemes are obliged to pay for vaccinations at cost from their risk pool of funds, says Noach and any surplus from the sale of vaccines will be redirected to fund an additional seven million people or 15% of the population.