Healthcare / Medical Schemes

9, 8 % increase for Bestmed’s 2016 member contribution

Bestmed, one of South Africa’s largest medical schemes and winner of the FIA 2015 Healthcare Product Supplier of the Year award, has announced its average gross contribution increase at 9,8% for 2016.

Bonitas limits increases despite challenging environment

Bonitas Medical Fund, the second largest open medical aid scheme in the country today announced an average increase of 10.9% across all its options.

New amendments to medical scheme act should keep medical inflation in check

The recent announcement by Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi of proposed amendments to Regulation 8 of the Medical Schemes Act (MSA) suggests that patients may no longer be paid out in full for all prescribed minimum benefits (PMBs) if the amendments are adopted.

Momentum Health value proposition even more powerful in 2016