BESTMED ANNOUNCES PRICE HIKES

CAPE TOWN - Bestmed Medical Scheme has announced its product enhancements, preventative benefits and contribution changes for 2023 across its value-for-money Beat, Pace, and Rhythm product ranges. The announcement follows the Scheme’s 3.5 per cent growth in principal members for 2021 bringing the total number of beneficiaries under its care to 209 000.

Some of the change’s members can look forward to include:

Co-payments removed on Beat options in-hospital, cover of mammograms on all options. An average weighted contribution increase of 8.5 per cent, alongside an average weighted benefit limit increase of 5.7 per cent.

Child dependant age increased from 21 to 24 years. The Scheme says it wants more of its members to access its preventative care benefits that help keep them healthy and prevent possible medical issues that may arise from not having access to these benefits.“We have introduced changes to our product benefits while enriching some our existing benefits.

Our members already have access to an extensive range of preventative care benefits across our product range,” said Leo Dlamini, Chief Executive Officer/Principal Officer at Bestmed Medical Scheme.

“These include vaccinations, mammograms, paediatric immunisations, female contraceptives, a back and neck programme, and baby growth and development assessments.”

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In addition to its extensive preventative healthcare, Bestmed said it offers members maternity care benefits across every product range and nine holistic managed care programmes, including Oncology, Diabetes, HIV/AIDS, Maternity, Back and neck programme, Wound care, Substance abuse, Dialysis and Stoma care.