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).
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(original post 2008- kept for historical purposes) Allianz Worldwide Care for 2009 Changes have been made effective to Allianz Worldwide Care with effect from the 1st of November 2008. Where applicable these changes apply to existing policy holders from … Read more
Please note: I do not offer International Health Insurance any longer. (post kept for historical purposes) Well, Hello again everyone. Kenny Williamson here. I have just joined Swiss Financial, and taken over my existing client base. This site will be … Read more
Waiting periods medical schemes. Medical Schemes can apply waiting periods when you join a scheme, please see below for which waiting period would apply to you. Applicants to a medical scheme can be divided into 3 categories… Category A Applicants … Read more
Late joiner penalty medical schemes. The Medical Schemes Act makes provision for a late joiner penalty to be applied to members (of medical schemes) over the age of 35, who have not belonged to a registered South African medical scheme for … Read more