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Medical aid news is where blog posts containing information concerning the medical aid industry; product changes to medical aids; announcements from the Council for Medical Schemes and anything related to the medical aids or the health industry are placed.
Posts placed in the blog are kept and not deleted. This is because, they provide an interesting timeline with respect to when and how changes in the industry have happened. (this is other than all posts between 2014- 2016 that have been lost due to a technical issue).
Hello everyone, 3 more open medical schemes have released their increases for 2011. Bonitas medical scheme: weighted average increase of 9.6%. Includes a 16% reduction on contributions on its Essential option, which has been restructured as a hospital plan. On … Read more
These are some of the increases for medical schemes for next year; Discovery Health Medical Scheme: 7.9% increase (across all plan types and contribution bands). Resolution Health Medical Scheme: 8.6% increase. Medihelp Medical Scheme: 15.5% increase. (ranged from 6.7% for … Read more
Good evening everyone, I have just published the premiums for the Bupa Worldwide Health Options plans from 1 October 2010 onwards on the site. They can be accessed on https://www.businessowner-cover.com/Intl._Health_Insurance.html (link removed-old) if you need to view them. Thanks Kenny Williamson
Happy Casual Day everyone, Just to inform you that the amalgamation between Medshield and Oxygen Medical Schemes has been confirmed by the Council for Medical Schemes, to take effect from the 01 October 2010. Enjoy your weekend. Kenny Williamson www.businessowner-cover.com
The Medical Scheme’s Act allows employer groups to switch between medical schemes on the 1st of January without any waiting periods. I.e. to change your scheme without Waiting periods. Most medical schemes give their own name to this type of … Read more
The Council for Medical Schemes have just released a circular that indicates that Sizwe Medical Fund and Gen-Health Medical Scheme want to merge. If anyone wants to object to the above transaction they need to do so in writing before … Read more
Dear All, I have just received a business update from ihi Bupa. The notification reads as follows: ” After a thorough review of its operations, ihi Bupa has decided to focus on travel and international health insurance and decrease its activities … Read more
Dear All, Just some breaking news! The amalgamation between Momentum Health Medical Scheme and Ingwe Health has been confirmed by the Registrar, effective from 1 September 2010. Have a good day. Kenny
Dear All, Time for another update on the blog. Bupa International have re- branded their European Council of Schools (ECIS) Company Plan as from the 1st of August 2010. The plan is now called the “International Schools Plan”. This means … Read more
Please note that the following post is still valid, you can access the Schengen Visa Travel insurance. However, I am now using Squaremouth, which is a comparison travel insurance service with very high ratings. You can access them here: http://www.squaremouth.com/21531 … Read more