Will cutting minimum medical benefits really make cover cheaper?
The Board of Healthcare Funders wants a leaner PMB package, but the CMS points to provider prices, treatment costs, and other pressures on scheme expenditure.
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Complaints against medical schemes rise by 24.6%
The CMS’s 2025/26 annual report also highlights progress on a costed primary healthcare benefits package and research into linking administrator fees to outcomes.
CMS extends exemption for primary healthcare policies
Insurers are allowed to offer primary healthcare policies for an additional two years pending the finalisation of a framework for low-cost benefit options.
