Medical aids

Medical aids sue CMS to offer cheaper cover – but there’s a R149 plan

August 19, 2026

However, corporate South Africa has been slow to embrace these products.

In January, the Pretoria High Court heard an application by the Board of Healthcare Funders (BHF) to compel the Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) to allow medical aids to offer cheaper versions of their products.

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