Medical aid scheme Bonitas is to increase prices across its various plans by a weighted average of 8.9% in 2019 – while also launching two new lower-cost plans.
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Bonitas:- Price hike and big changes for medical aid plans in 2019
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Government Employees Medical Scheme admitted to blowing hundreds of thousands of its members’ contributions on office space for rats and roaches to enjoy
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The Government Employees Medical Scheme (Gems) has admitted to blowing hundreds of thousands of its members’ contributions to pay for an empty building for a year. Gems has been forking out more than R60,000 a month to Mowana Properties for its North West regional office on the Borekelong House ground floor in Mahikeng since September..
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‘Beste’ mediese skema wen met eenvoud, waarde
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Medihelp is nou die mediese skema waarmee lede die meeste tevrede is. Lede van mediese skemas is egter in die geheel beskou effens minder tevrede met hul produk as ’n jaar gelede. Die tevredenheid van lede van Discovery Health Medical Scheme en van Bonitas het albei gedaal. Dis onder die bevindings van die South African..
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‘Private healthcare not affordable, even for people who are supposedly rich’
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The findings of the Competition Commission’s Health Market Inquiry released today reveal what Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi says he already knew – that private healthcare has become so exorbitantly expensive, even those on medical aid can’t afford it. Moreover, the commission found – during its more than four-year-long investigation – that the market was characterised..
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The biggest medical aid schemes in South Africa – and how much they’re charging in 2018
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The majority of South Africa’s biggest medical aid schemes have released their prices for 2018, showing below 10% increases across all plans. According to the latest statistics released by the Council for Medical Schemes (CMS), there are currently 82 medical aid schemes operating in South Africa with a total subscription of just under 8.9 million..
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SA Consumers rank the best and worst Medical-Aid schemes in SA
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The latest South African Customer Satisfaction Index (SAcsi) for medical aids in the country shows which groups have been the most successful in keeping their customers happy in 2016. A sample of 2,105 private medical aid policyholders in South Africa gave the health insurance industry a satisfaction score of 74.2 out of 100 in the..
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