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Cost of medical schemes to rise by almost 10%

Consumers can expect to dig deeper into their pockets to pay for their health-care needs next year, as medical aid schemes announce annual increases for 2020. With around 79 medical schemes registered with the Council of Medical Schemes covering just over 8.

9 million South Africans across 21 open schemes and 58 restricted, consumers are advised to carefully review their options when deciding whether to remain on schemes with annual increases said to average around 10% for next year.* Discovery Health has announced its increases at an average of 9.5%, up from 9.2%.

 

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