Latest articles on Medical Aids

Why medical aids are putting the price of a safe delivery on some women’s pockets

Article Fatima Hassan & Bhekisisa Team - 17 May 2019

When medical schemes and the law count conceiving as a pre-existing condition, pregnant women lose.

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Too much of a good thing: SA’s epidemic of over-treatment is paying off for hospitals

Article Laura Lopez Gonzalez & Bhekisisa Team - 5 Jul 2018

Is a lack of competition fuelling unnecessary care at your expense?

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Health department expects to be sued over proposed NHI changes

Article Pontsho Pilane, Laura Lopez Gonzalez & Bhekisisa Team - 21 Jun 2018

‘I can’t mention who are the parties I am expecting litigation from but I can assure I know who they are.'

Medical aids may know their fate by 2020 under the National Health Insurance

Article Joan Van Dyk - 21 Jul 2017

Government and medical aids may be uncomfortable but necessary bedfellows.

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[WATCH] Will the National Health Insurance cost you more money?

Videos Laura Lopez Gonzalez - 10 Jul 2017

Can SA afford the NHI? And will you be able to keep seeing your doctor? Our Laura Lopez Gonzalez answers these and other questions.

Hundreds of protestors descend on DTI’s Pretoria offices demanding access to affordable medicines

Article Staff Reporter - 27 Sep 2016

Think paying your medical aid premiums every month ensures you access to the drugs you need when you get sick? Think again.

Getting to grips with your scheme’s lingo

Article Staff Reporter - 26 Oct 2012

Co-payment This is the portion of any medical expense for which you are liable. The amount varies from one scheme to the next and between options.

Making healthy medical aid choices

Article Staff Reporter - 26 Oct 2012

South Africa's healthcare landscape is divided between a public and private- sector.

State health claims ‘a myth’

Article Staff Reporter - 10 May 2012

There will be no private medical schemes in a decade or so, Minister Aaron Motsoaledi told a National Editors' Forum gathering in Cape Town recently.

Ensure your medical aid is not unwell

Article Sponsored Feature - 24 Sep 2011

The proposed National Health Insurance has resulted in much being written about the state of the nation's public health sector.

Fixing health care

Article Staff Reporter - 22 Jul 2011

There are few subjects more emotive than medical schemes. Open the subject at any gathering and you're likely to get a tsunami of complaints.

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