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New GTC Healthcare research reveals that navigating medical aid plan choices is unnecessarily complicated

09 June 2015

Choosing a medical aid to suit an individual or family's needs remains a daunting task, and unnecessarily so.

Can companies force employees to belong to certain medical schemes?

03 March 2015

Members of medical aid schemes in South Africa are grappling more than ever before with their annual contribution increases that have been, for more than a decade now, above both inflation and salary increases. The interim solution for many people is to “buy down” on their medical aid cover in order to offset the difference between what they can afford and the above inflationary cost increase of their medical aid cover (move to a cheaper benefit option that may offer less cover). Alternatively, they cancel their medical aid policy altogether.

Medical Scheme Regulator advises members on choosing the right benefit option and scheme for 2015

10 December 2014

Traditionally the month of December heralds the holiday season in South Africa, but before any well-deserved vacation many of the 8,7 million people who are medical scheme members of some 83 medical schemes in the country first have to decide on their benefit options for the new year. The Council for Medical Schemes (CMS), regulator of the medical schemes industry advises principal members to not only compare prices but choose the benefit option and scheme that is right for them and their families’ future healthcare needs.

Key questions to ask when changing medical scheme

24 November 2014

It’s that time of year when you may be considering changing your medical scheme. Liberty Medical Scheme’s Executive Principal Officer, Andrew Edwards, outlines the key questions you should be asking.

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