Tag: Medical Savings Account

In the case of Keyhealth Medical Scheme v the Honourable Mr Justice SM Ngoepe N.O, the Registrar of Medical Schemes and William Reed, Case Number: A203/2021, a full bench of the Pretoria High Court held that prescribed minimum benefits (PMBs) must not be paid from a member's personal medical savings but must be paid from the medical scheme's PMB risk pool. 

The circular released on the 10th April 2020 by the Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) entitled 'COVID-19 Medical Schemes Industry Guidelines' outlines the relief measures which schemes may offer their members – individuals and employer groups – detailing what they can and can’t do to alleviate the economic suffering during this pandemic and lockdown period.