Our goal is to offer lots of information about medical aids and schemes and hospital plans from two perspectives: 1. Information about the companies that offer health cover, and various schemes that they offer 2. Articles about various aspects of the…
Aug
16
About Medical Plan Advice
Medical specialists in South Africa are charging as much as 300% more than amounts than medical schemes will cover. The reason that specialists can charge so much is that there is a chronic shortage of specialists in the country. Medical specialists have fled…
It’s expensive to belong to a medical aid. However, the alternative is to horrifying to contemplate: putting your family in the hands of the public health service. So it’s a necessary evil. Let’s take a close look at the medical aid industry to…
Jul
11
Discovery Health Medical Aid
When it comes to something as important as your health, you want to deal with a company that towers above the rest. You need a company who makes caring a part of its structure and policy. Discovery Health medical aid is for just…
Fortunately for addicts, medical aid schemes now recognise addiction as a brain disease. They are therefore willing to pay for rehab the same way they would for any other illness. Friends and family members tend to misunderstand those who have addictive tendencies to…
People all over the world are seeking weight loss treatment as obesity becomes a bigger problem. These days being over-weight is no longer to with wealthy countries. Worldwide obesity has doubled in the last thirty years. The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that…
HIV is the Human Immunodeficiency Virus and it’s one of the world’s most deadly diseases. HIV causes a condition called AIDS – Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome. That is where the expression HIV and Aids comes from. AIDS is a pandemic disease as it is…
Obesity is a global problem and it’s growing. It’s not a feature of wealthier countries – and statistics reveal that it’s doubled since 1980. According to the World Health Organisation, there are more than 2.8 million deaths annually around the world because of…
Are South Africans abusing the private health system by submitting false medical claims? Just recently there was a case where Discovery Health Medical Scheme had to pay more than three and a half million rand in medical claims for the costs of keeping…
One of the most common skin conditions throughout the world is acne. It’s an embarrassing and very visible problem that affects more than 80% of teenagers, and while most of them tend to outgrow it, it can continue into middle age. The condition…