Health insurance explained

Essential Med is not a medical aid. Our day-to-day benefits are a pre-paid preventative healthcare service and our hospital contingencies are covered by our stated benefit hospital cover.

The key differences between a medical aid and health insurance are:

Another key difference is the affordability of health insurance opposed to traditional medical aids. Essential Med gives those often excluded from medical aids, due to cost barriers, access to private healthcare and is also a great complementary product to existing medial aids, giving members increased benefits.

If you would like the difference further explained please contact us on 0860 900 900