At a glance:

• 353 763 Principal members
• 727 041 Total beneficiaries
• 62 000 new principal members added last year
• 18.7% chronic profile
• Average age of beneficiary: 35.5
• Average age of new members is 13 years younger than existing members
• R8.8 billion in reserves
• 41.3% solvency ratio
• AA+ Credit rating

Plans
Bonitas offers a wide range of plans that are simple and easy to understand. There are 15 options in five categories: Savings, traditional, hospital, Edge (virtual) and income-based.

Increases

• The avarage increase across all plans is 6.9%
• The risk contribution on Primary, Primary Select, BonSave, BonFit Select, BonEssential, BonEssential Select, BonStart, BonStart Plus and BonCap is 6%
• These options contribute to over 70% of new business
• 227 000 members will experience an increase below CPI – approximately 65% of our membership
• Plan increases range from 2.7% to 9.6%
• Increased savings, for BonSave it’s an increase of 25%

Note:Contributions from January 2024

Name of plan	Type of plan	Main member	Adult member	Child member	% increase
BonComprehensive	Savings	R9 853	R9 292	R2 006	9.6%
BonClassic	Savings	R6 732	R5 780	R1 662	9.6%
BonComplete	Savings	R5 359	R4 293	R1 455	9.6%
BonSave	Savings	R3 447	R2 671	R1 032	6.8%
BonFit Select	Savings	R2 295	R1 719	R 772	2.7%
BonStart	Edge	R1 378	R1 378	R1 378	3%
BonStart Plus	Edge	R1 754	R1 668	R 773	3%
Standard	Traditional	R4 922	R4 267	R1 444	8.4%
Standard Select	Traditional	R4 448	R3 849	R1 302	8.4%
Primary	Traditional	R2 993	R2 341	R 952	7.2%
Primary Select	Traditional	R2 619	R2 048	R 832	7.2%
Hospital Standard	Hospital	R2 964	R2 497	R1 127	8.9%
BonEssential	Hospital	R2 287	R1 690	R 739	7.1%
BonEssential Select	Hospital	R1 998	R1 464	R 659	6.7%
BonCap New and revised income bands					5.5%
R0 to R10 680	R1 430	R1 430	R 673
R10 681 to R17 330	R1 745	R1 745	R 802
R17 331 to R22 541	R2 813	R2 813	R1 064
R23 542+	R3 453	R3 453	R1 310

What’s new?

• Mental Health: Due to a 25% increase in the number of mental health hospital admissions, the mental health programme has been included on all plans for 2024
• Depression has also been added as a chronic condition on 11 plans
• The mental health app – Panda – is a free to download mental health and wellness mobile app available to all members
• Hearing: As part of the audiology programme, free online hearing screenings have been introduced
• DBC Back and neck programme: A physiotherapy network has been established
• International bone marrow searches allowed
• Introduction of a Be Better Benefit, paid from risk for a range of screening tests and benefits to allow for early detection (all plans except BonCap)
• An annual wellness screening (blood pressure, blood glucose, BMI, cholesterol)
• Flu vaccines
• HIV
• Lipograms
• Mammograms
• Pap smears
• Prostate screening
• Pneumococcal vaccine
• Whooping cough boosters
• HPV vaccines
• tool tests for colon cancer
• Dental fissure sealants
• Online hearing screening
• Contraceptives
• Pharmacy network: Over 4 000 pharmacies to choose from including all Clicks, Dischem and Medirite branches
• HPV vaccine has been extended to all plans. 2 doses for females aged 9 to 14 years and 3 doses for females aged 15 to 26 years per lifetime
• HIV+ members: An annual test for HIV+ members who had a positive cytology test, as well as a choice between the 3-yearly basic cytology test or a 5-yearly HPV PCR test
• The Benefit Booster has been adjusted according to utilisation (10% monetary increase on 8 plans). The only benefit in the market which provides members with access to an additional amount to use for out-of-hospital expenses at no extra cost – effectively giving savings and day-to-day benefits a healthy boost
• Covers everything from additional GP consultations to acute medicine.
• Increased the child dependant age to 24 years, not just for students
• Partnered with What’s Up Doc: An innovative patient-driven WhatsApp service that allows doctors on the BonCap network to engage with members more easily – sharing prescriptions, blood test results, specialist referrals, etc - it’ll improve care coordination

Disclaimer: All benefits are subject to approval by the Council for Medical Schemes.