PUBLISHED: Money Marketing - 2008/11/30 South Africa has an estimated population of just over 47 million. With only 7.4 million covered by medical aid that leaves 40 million people without access to private healthcare unless they choose to self-fund.

 

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 PUBLISHED: Sunday Times Business Times - 2008/11/02 The prospect of massive consolidation lies ahead for the medical aid schemes industry, driven by the need to contain costs as well as far reaching legislative changes that are set to remould the South African healthcare landscape

 

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 PUBLISHED: Sunday Times Business Times - 2008/10/26 The number of South Africans covered by medical aid has risen by 7% in th epast financial year, the first time there has been real growth in health insurance membership in the past decade.

 

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 PUBLISHED: Business day - 2008/10/17 The time has come for SA to advance from managed health care programmes to more active interventions like health management organisations (MHOs) to control hospital-related costs.

 

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PUBLISHED: Sowetan - 2008/10/02 According to recent reports, medical aid scheme members in South Africa pay the highest non-healthcare costs in the world. Apparently these costs consume up to between 14 and 15 percent of medical aids’ R60 billion annual expenditure.

 

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 PUBLISHED: FA News - 2008/10/01 Bonitas rating a positive outlook - International rating agency, Global Credit Rating Company (”GCR”), has reaffirmed Bonitas Medical Fund’s (”Bonitas”) domestic ZAR currency claims paying ability rating of AA-.

 

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 PUBLISHED: FA News - 2008/10/01 It may be time for the healthcare industry to shift from a passive level of managed healthcare to active involvement and engagement through initiatives employed elsewhere in the world, such as Health Management Organisations.

 

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 PUBLISHED: Beeld - 2008/09/12

Bonitas is die tweede grootste oop mediese skema in Suid-Afrika, met ‘n jaarlikse inkomste van meer as R4,5 miljard.
Grootte is ’n belangrike faktor wanneer jy moet besluit watter mediese fonds jy wil aansluit, want in ‘n groot risiko-poel is eiskoste meer voorspelbaar en daar om is koste vir lede ook meer voorspelbaar

 

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 PUBLISHED: Beeld - 2008/09/12 Bonitas is die eerste mediese fonds in Suid-Afrika wat sy jaarlikse premieverhogings aankondig.

 

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 PUBLISHED: Beeld - 2008/09/12 Die mediese fonds Bonitas het een van sy mededingers Discovery Health onttroon as die voorste handelsmerk in die mediese-fondskategorie van vanjaar se Ipsos Markinor Top Brands-opname.

 

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