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The full picture: Why do medical schemes need to increase contributions?

Medical Aid

The full picture: Why do medical schemes need to increase contributions?

Shabana Patel and Werner van Deventer, Issued by Medihelp 28 Nov 2025

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Trends

Digital-led empathy: 5 healthcare trends to look out for in 2026

12 Nov 2025

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Medical Aid

Discovery Health announces 7.2% increase in 2026 contributions: What you need to know

1 Oct 2025

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Medical Aid

#CorporateWellnessWeek: Supporting health, financial wellbeing

James White 2 Jul 2025

Healthcare

Healthcare’s blank cheque safety net pushes up costs

3 Sep 2024

Financial Services

Momentum Health Solutions unveils 2024 healthcare plans

28 Sep 2023

How to alleviate the financial pressure of skyrocketing medical co-payments

Healthcare

How to alleviate the financial pressure of skyrocketing medical co-payments

Brian Harris 21 Sep 2023

Medical Aid

Discovery defers contribution increases to April

22 Sep 2022

Is it the end of the road for private medical aids?

Medical Aid

Is it the end of the road for private medical aids?

Katja Hamilton 7 Jul 2022

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Medical Aid

DHMS defers increases again

4 Oct 2021

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Medical Aid

R200m boost for medical scheme members

27 Sep 2021

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Public Health

What to do about South Africa's unemployed doctors

Russell Rensburg 25 Feb 2019

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Healthcare

#BudgetSpeech2019: Will it lead to more doctors being sued for negligence?

Daniel McLaren 21 Feb 2019

Carl Grillenberger, Advanced Health CEO

Medical Aid

Private healthcare industry needs to change

3 Sep 2018

Medical scheme claims expenditure far outstrips inflation

Medical Aid

Medical scheme claims expenditure far outstrips inflation

7 Mar 2018

#BizTrends2017: Access to quality, affordable healthcare is the goal

Trends

#BizTrends2017: Access to quality, affordable healthcare is the goal

10 Jan 2017

Bonitas and LMS join forces amid a stressed economy

Medical Aid

Bonitas and LMS join forces amid a stressed economy

Nicci Botha 6 Oct 2016

Public Health

Support general practitioners in South Africa

Dr Sid Mobbs 27 Mar 2015

Medical Aid

Managed care initiative more important, as South Africans increase expenditure

30 Jul 2014

Healthcare

Competition authorities beware of price regulation

1 Nov 2013

Filling the holes

Medical Aid

Filling the holes

Andile Makholwa 19 Jul 2013

Medical Aid

Medical schemes welcome probe into costs

Sarah Wild, with Tamar Kahn and Amanda Visser 4 Jul 2012

Medical Aid

Pensioners set to benefit from NHI

10 Feb 2012

Financial Services

Medscheme explains cost increases

8 Feb 2012

Financial Services

Improved health pricing model needed, say experts

Evan Pickworth 10 Nov 2011

Medical Aid

TopMed announces 2012 contribution increase

11 Oct 2011

Medical schemes need to help shift focus back to primary level healthcare

Medical Aid

Medical schemes need to help shift focus back to primary level healthcare

11 Aug 2011

Hospital Groups

A year characterised by significant investment for Netcare

Issued by Martina Nicholson Associates (MNA) 20 Nov 2007