What Are Medical Aids?
Medical aids provide assistance with everyday life so that you recover faster or can compensate for health restrictions. Examples include hearing aids, wheelchairs, and insoles.
With us, you benefit from high standards of quality, as agreed with our contractual partners – medical suppliers, orthopedic companies, audiologists, and other medical aid providers. This applies to the condition and technology of the medical aids as well as the full range of services. These might include availability in an emergency or particularly rapid delivery times.
Top Rated Medical Aids In South Africa?
Managing medical expenses like hospital stays, visits to the doctor’s room, emergency surgeries, and chronic medication becomes increasingly challenging, especially for families or individuals with pre-existing conditions that demand long-term care. This is where medical aid schemes come into play, providing an effective way to counter these substantial healthcare costs:
- Bestmed Medical Scheme
Bestmed is a non-profit, open healthcare scheme that is registered with the Council for Medical Schemes in South Africa. It has been providing healthcare for over 52 years. Bestmed provides healthcare aid for over 197 000 lives and offers a choice of 13 plan options grouped under the Pace, Beat, and Pulse brands.
- Discovery Health Medical Scheme
Discovery Medical Aid is an independent non-profit entity governed by the Medical Schemes Act and regulated by the Council for Medical Schemes. It is the largest open medical aid scheme in South Africa and accounts for 31% of beneficiaries in the entire market. The scheme has 1.342 million members and over 2.5 million beneficiaries. Discovery Health has 23 plans spread across seven schemes. Here is a look at the seven scheme options from which one chooses their preferred plan.
- Medihelp Medical Equipment.
Medihelp medical aid offers South Africans access to quality, private healthcare coverage through a wide range of plans. With over 90,000 members and 205,438 beneficiaries, it is among the largest open medical schemes in the country. With more than a century’s experience in this industry, you can be sure that you will be getting one of the best services in the country. Here is a look at Medihelp’s plans and their monthly premiums.
- Fedhealth
Fedhealth provides cover for over 140,000 South Africans through a scheme comprised of 25 medical aid plans. Members have the option of choosing a hospital or selecting a plan that uses a network of hospitals. The schemes range from R1,275 for the cheapest option to R11,790 for the top plan.
- Keyhealth Medical Scheme
Keyhealth provides medical aid coverage to more than 65,000 people through a six-plan scheme. Premiums for a single contributor range from R1,697 to R9,624 per month, with the Gold option being the most popular one.
How To Get Medical Aids:
In this case, they will issue you with an appropriate prescription. Such prescriptions may also be issued by the attending physician at a hospital or rehabilitation clinic. Most medical aids are available directly from our contractual partner, and you simply need to give them a prescription from your doctor.
As a rule, you need prior approval from us for any medical aids. The contractual partner always requests this for you. After we have given approval, you will receive your medical aid via our contractual partner.
Some aids, such as sleep therapy devices, can only be used after instruction on how to use them correctly.
Other medical aids have to be individually adapted, such as the seat width of wheelchairs, orthoses, and shoe inserts. We also cover the cost of these adaptations for you.