Medical Aid Contributions | CMS Urges Medical Aids to Limit Hikes

Medical Aid Contributions | CMS urges medical aids to limit hikes

Medical Aid Contributions | CMS urges medical aids to limit hikes Thandeka.Mthethwa Fri, 09/05/2025 - 13:47 JOHANNESBURG - The Council for Medical Schemes is urging medical aids to cap 2026 contribution hikes at CPI.It says people can't afford higher increases with rising living costs and household budget pressures.But with 2025 increases overshooting inflation by about 7.1 percentage points, will the industry listen?Mondi Govuzela, spoke to eN…

Medical scheme hikes: CMS calls for restraint, but will schemes listen? – Moonstone Information Refinery

It’s that time of year again when medical schemes gear up to announce their contribution increases. And, as always, the Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) has fired the opening shot with its annual guidance circular. Cash-strapped consumers can only hope schemes won’t brush it aside yet again. In Circular 24 of 2025, the CMS advised that contribution increases for 2026 should be capped at 3.3% “plus reasonable utilisation estimates”. That’s tight…