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consultations access Select to 4 , for Primary children , the year will now be R10 344 for a main member to two additional specialist consultations – consultations Primary under 6 Select on and

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value and making the plan even more competitive ! they exhaust their GP and specialist day-today

BonSave will increase by 6.8 % for 2024 . HPV VACCINES HPV VACCINES

benefit . These changes , combined with the BonFit Select – an option favoured by younger We ’ ve also rich taken benefits great care offered to expand , take these our plans to a families and couples will see an increase of just preventative We ’ also new taken care level benefits great – particularly care by to including expand with our the addition Human 2.7 %. That ’ s a mere R59 per month more for a Papillomavirus preventative of R5 ( care 000 HPV benefits ) extra vaccine by value on including through all plans the the to help Benefit main member than in 2023 . prevent Human cervical Papillomavirus Booster cancers . .

( HPV As recommended ) vaccine on by the all plans HPV to VACCINES help prevent cervical cancers .

World Health Organization , we have lowered the As recommended by the World Health age of We administration BONESSENTIAL ’ ve also taken . We great cover care | BONESSENTIAL HPV to expand as follows our :

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• 2 doses preventative BONESSENTIAL for females care aged benefits 9 to | BONESSENTIAL 14 by years administration . We cover HPV as follows including : 2 the

• 3 doses doses Human

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SELECT for females .

| HOSPITAL aged 15 to 26 years

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per lifetime by the . World Health Organization , we have Primary and Primary Select continue to see lowered Our hospital the age plans of administration , BonEssential and . We cover growth year on year and will see an increase HPV BonEssential as follows Select : 2 doses are for leaders females in aged the market 9 to 14 of 7.2 %. These plans have a broad appeal , years – offering 3 doses a range for females of attractive aged 15 benefits to 26 years which per bringing on single-parent families and couples .

CHRONIC MEDICINE MANAGEMENT

lifetime are ideally . positioned for families looking for To increase value on these plans , we ’ ve not only cover in hospital . They boast additional out-ofhospital to improve benefits access including to benefits preventative for our care

added a R3 500 Benefit For 2024 Booster , we have , but also have looked also at ways included an additional members specialist – to ensure consultation that we can meet and their maternity needs quickly consultations and efficiently as well . as the paid from risk to the plan . We ’ ve also included Benefit Booster . access to an additional As a result GP consultation , we have extended if they the chronic benefit on the Standard Option to the exhaust their GP and

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Network . This means Looking that members at our hospital will be plans free , to BonEssential obtain their will benefit . chronic medicine from a network pharmacy increase of by their 7.1 % choice while – BonEssential provided they Select have benefits available . As an added bonus will , the comprehensive formulary continues to These changes will apply offer for members the 27 PMB on Primary conditions once increase the chronic by 6.7 benefit %. Hospital limit has Standard been reached will . and Primary Select more value for 2024 . increase by 8.9 %. We have also looked at the medicine currently included on the formularies for all our options . We noted that medicine , not included on the formulary , has high utilisation amongst our members – but these members have to incur a co-payment

Subject to approval by the Council for Medical Schemes . to access them . To ensure that we continue to provide our members with the care they need , when they need it , we have opted to extend the formularies applicable to BonSave , BonFit Select , BonStart and BonStart Plus by including the top medicines claimed for which previously attracted a co-payment .

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16 Bonitas Member Magazine Issue 4 | 2023

Subject to approval by the Council for Medical Schemes . Subject to approval by the Council for Medical Schemes .