Rising costs prompt members to weigh medical scheme options
Downgrading to a lower plan may appear to be a cost-saving strategy, but it frequently results in increased out-of-pocket expenses.
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Bestmed defends 12.75% 2025 contribution hike as industry faces cost pressures
Bestmed states pending rules for low-cost benefit options have further complicated efforts to reduce costs for members.
As medical schemes announce hikes, members brace for tough choices amid rising costs
With major medical schemes reporting average contribution hikes exceeding 9%, members face tough choices in an increasingly unaffordable healthcare landscape.
Will medical schemes adhere to an inflation-linked tariff hike?
The Council for Medical Schemes has advised medical schemes to limit their contribution increases for 2025 to 4.4% plus ‘reasonable’ utilisation estimates.
Medihelp’s solvency ratio drops below threshold amid high claims and rising costs
Medihelp submitted a CMS-approved three-year plan, requiring gradual contribution increases to restore its reserves to the statutory 25% level.
Medical schemes assure members that NHI is a long way off
The expected legal challenges to the legislation and the pressure on the state’s finances could delay full implementation of the system for many years.
Medical schemes experience significant drop in net results for 2022
In 2022, the industry saw a net income of R2.57 billion – down from R12.18bn in 2021 – and faced an operating deficit of R6.155bn, the largest in 23 years.
Medical scheme contribution increases largely surpass recommended 8% hike
The Council for Medical Schemes has withdrawn a directive for Discovery to retract its communication about contribution and benefit changes for 2024.
UPDATED: Withdraw 2024 contribution increase announcements, regulator instructs medical schemes
Discovery has lodged an appeal against a Council for Medical Schemes directive to retract communication to members about its 2024 contribution and benefit changes.
Which medical scheme has the most satisfied members?
Survey compares Bestmed, Bonitas, Discovery, Medihelp and the Government Employees Medical Scheme.
Mom wins court battle against medical scheme to cover the cost of treating her son’s rare condition
An Alberton mom has won a significant court battle against her medical scheme, forcing it to pay for an expensive drug that her three-year-old son needs to treat a rare inherited genetic disorder. […]
