Medical scheme cover is becoming further out of reach for working South Africans [SOUND]

# Kaelo Health Insurance says South Africa’s health insurance market is growing as rising medical scheme costs put private healthcare cover increasingly out of reach for working citizens. The country’s biggest medical schemes are increasing rates by seven to nine-percent for 2027, more than double the Council for Medical Schemes guideline. Kaelo’s Jordan Bortz says workers without cover often go untreated for everyday illnesses and chronic conditions, and lose working hours queuing for care: