Healthcare / Medical Schemes

Making quality healthcare more accessible to SA consumers

The need for affordable, quality medical aid in South Africa has come into sharp focus, with consumers feeling the pinch following a rise in inflation and petrol price for 2022, in addition to continuing debate around universal health coverage and the National Health Insurance Bill.

Medical aid contribution increases: The deferred increase debate

Profmed and PPS flips the script on day-to-day savings

It is not uncommon for many medical scheme members to complain about running out of their savings early in the year. Complaints such as it depletes too fast or it doesn’t cover everything I need and, I don’t use it enough and then can’t access it when I need it. There are various complaints that arise from your medical scheme savings, all of which point to the fact that these savings accounts need to become a little or in some cases a lot more flexible.

Covid – how and when might it all end?