How Medical Aid Works

Medical Aid vs Health Insurance: Everything You Need to Know

A guide to the differences between medical aid and health insurance, including relevant regulatory bodies, a comparison of prices and benefits and recommended providers in South Africa.read more

Update on the NHI and How it Could Affect Medical Aids

How the NHI could impact healthcare and medical aids.read more

2021 Medical Aid Cover for Assisted Reproductive Therapy

Two Discovery Health medical aid plans now offer benefits for ART.read more

2021 Medical Aid: Two New Bonitas Plans

All you need to know about the two new medical aid plans from Bonitas.read more

What to Expect from Discovery Health in 2021: Frozen Premiums and Some Innovative New Benefits

How Discovery Health has frozen premium hikes and boosted benefits.read more

What Gap Cover Will and Won’t Cover

What exactly is gap cover and what expenses will it cover?read more

Making Sense of Medical Aid Rates and Tariffs

An article to help demystify medical aid rates and tariffs.read more

Medical Aid for Cancer

Cancer is one of the leading causes of death in South Africa and may become even more prevalent – medical journal, Lancet , predicts a 78 percent spike in cancer cases by 2030. Prostate, breast, lung and cervical cancers are the most common. Although treatment for many types of cancer ... read more

Medical Aid Glossary

Find simple definitions of common medical aid terms used in South Africa.read more

Network Options

Find out how network or capitation medical aid options provide the most cost effective health care cover at a prescribed network of service providers.read more

Comprehensive Plans

Comprehensive medical aid plans provide extensive cover for almost all medical costs and include unlimited hospital cover and generous benefits for day-to-day expenses.read more

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Hospital Plans

All medical aid schemes in South Africa offer hospital plans, which are affordable medical aid options designed to provide cover for all services rendered while you or your beneficiary is in hospital – accommodation, consultation fees, procedure costs & medication.read more

Hospitalisation

Hospitalisation: Explore the alternatives offering in-hospital cover in South Africa.read more

Medical Aid Cover

Medical aid cover is health insurance. It is simply financial protection against the probable risk of incurring medical expenses during your and your family’s lifetime.read more

PMBs

PMBs or prescribed minimum benefits are defined conditions and treatments which must be provided, by law, to all medical aid scheme members and beneficiaries in full and without co-payment, regardless of the benefit option selected.read more

Life Cover

Life Assurance covers you and your family for a range of unforeseen events that may happen during your lifetime.read more

What is Gap Cover?

Gap cover is an addition to medical aid, it's a Short Term Insurance product that is specifically designed to cover the shortfall between traditional medical aid scheme rates and what the health care providers actually charge while you or a family member is in hospital.read more

FAQ

IFC answers some common questions about applying for medical cover and the medical aid industry.read more