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How rehab can help you

If you’re struggling with substance abuse and/or addiction, you don’t have to struggle alone. Rehabilitation (rehab) centres provide a safe and comfortable environment where multidisciplinary teams are there to help you. They offer holistic treatment programmes that are personalised to meet your needs. Programmes usually include medical and psychiatric evaluation and treatment, medically supervised detoxification (detox) and stabilisation,

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Exercise: Good for your heart

Exercise is not just great to keep fit, slim down and tone muscles. It’s also good for your heart’s health. An average of 30 minutes of moderate-intensity exercise or 15 minutes of high-intensity exercise per day, 5 days per week, should help you to save your heart from many health risks. Here’s why exercise is good for your heart…

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Prescribed Minimum Benefits (PMBs) Information Session

Bestmed Medical Scheme recently hosted an information session where Executive: Corporate Services & Wellness, Elmarie Jooste, shared information on Prescribed Minimum Benefits (PMBs).

For more information, contact us by calling 086 000 2378 or emailing service@bestmed.co.za.

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2021 Outlook from the desk of the CEO

During a year when the whole world was bracing itself for the worst and our everyday lives were inundated with statistics about infections and mortality, our role in the health and wellbeing of our employees and members became apparent. We needed to adapt quickly to the changes

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Plans to suit every stage of your life

At Bestmed we know that all your healthcare needs cannot be boxed into the same category. Which is why we have tailored our medical plans to suit various stages of your life, giving you optimum cover and true value for money. Our Beat, Pace and Pulse plans will cover you whether you’re in your active youth or are part of a matured family with specialised healthcare needs. Have a look at our plans and see which one suits you best:

Beat

These plans are centred on providing hospital cover with savings for young individuals and couples who are still pursuing their life’s ambitions.

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Pace

These plans offer comprehensive medical cover for families at various phases of their lives with in-and out-of-hospital cover.

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Pulse

These plans are network specific and can be adapted to suit your wallet.

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Why Choose Us?

When it comes to choosing the most suitable healthcare provider for you and your family’s needs the task can be daunting. We are, however, an easy pick as we have tailor-made plans designed to suit every stage of your life along with one of the most inclusive clinic and hospital networks. Here are three reasons why we are the medical scheme for you:

We provide value for money

Our members save more by paying less toward their contributions because we are self-administered. This makes our administration costs 3% to 5% cheaper than our competitors. We’ve also seen single digit increases over 10 consecutive years.

We have an excellent service track record

We’ve been voted third on the client service satisfaction benchmark by the Ask Africa Orange Index 2018 while four of our plans have been selected as part of the best products within the South African medical scheme market (2018 GTC Medical Aid Survey).

We have additional perks

Students are eligible for child dependant rates up to 26 years of age. Furthermore, we have 13 tailor-made plans designed for every life stage with our plan options requiring 75% less co-payment compared to our competitors. With up to 3 200 GPs in our network, we have one of the most inclusive clinic and hospital networks. What’s more, another bonus is that our wellness programme is free for all members and employees.

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