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  • Discovery Newsletter April 2019

    • April 9, 2019
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    Discovery will not give your medical information to anyone else unless you give consent for them to do so…
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  • Healthy Eating April 2019

    • April 7, 2019
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    • Category: Client Wellness Newsletters
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    Eating a diet rich in monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats can help to reduce your risk of developing diabetes…
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  • Discovery Newsletter March 2019

    • March 10, 2019
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    Discovery will have sent you an email in March if you are registered for Chronic medication, that will either tell you…
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  • TB Awareness March 2019

    • March 7, 2019
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    TB is second only to HIV/AIDS as the greatest killer worldwide due to a single infectious agent…
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  • Healthy Eating February 2019

    • February 8, 2019
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    Have a healthy diet which includes lots of fruit and vegetables, and a moderate amount of unsaturated fats…
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  • Discovery Newsletter January February 2019

    • January 25, 2019
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    In the 2019/2020 tax year, the tax credit for medical aid remains unchanged. You can claim R310 each…
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  • 2018 NHI and Medical Schemes Act update from I.H.S

    • November 9, 2018
    • Posted by: Informed Healthcare Solutions
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    informed healthcae solutions 2018 nhi and medical schemes act update blog article south african flag
    Here is a summary of the recommended changes gazetted in June 2018 under the authority of the Minister of Health, which, if passed as gazetted, will affect all medical schemes as well as any intended National Health Insurance (NHI)…
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  • NHI and Changes to the Medical Schemes Act

    • October 22, 2018
    • Posted by: Informed Healthcare Solutions
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    There has of course been a lot of talk and much reported and written recently about the Gazetted June 2018 recommended changes for implementation of the NHI, the proposed changes to certain rules governing medical (aid) schemes as well as the possible “redundancy” of (/ unnecessary) (expenditure on) medical aid brokers due to their function being regarded by the Ministry of Health as an unnecessary expense.
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  • National Health Insurance Update from I.H.S

    • December 8, 2017
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    There has been a lot of noise around N.H.I.(National Health Insurance ) in the press this year and any number of contradictory views and statements have been bandied about with very little clarity on the intended structure, or on the likely funding mechanism.
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  • IS THERE A NEED FOR MEDICAL SCHEME REFORM IN SOUTH AFRICA?

    • December 5, 2016
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    informed healthcare solutions blog article medical aid inflation
    One of the suggested solutions to deal with cost escalations of the medical aid industry is the introduction of lower cost options funded by members on the basis of salary levels.
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