Medical Aid for Seniors & Pensioners
Health needs typically grow as you get older - more chronic medication, more specialist visits, more hospital admissions. Comprehensive plans with strong chronic and day-to-day benefits usually make more sense at this stage, even at a higher monthly premium.
Household
single
Budget Range
R 3 500 - R 12 000/mo
Chronic Cover
Beyond PMB
Also Looking At
specialists, optometry
Closest matches for this scenario
5 of the published 2026 options whose brochure figures fit this household and budget. Ordered by how closely the published benefits match the requirements listed above — not by our opinion of the scheme.
Medshield: MediBonus
Comprehensive option — 2026
R 9 015
per month, main member
What the 2026 brochure publishes
- R 9 015 a month for a single main member on the 2026 rates.
- Unlimited hospital cover — any private hospital (Open Network).
- 71 chronic conditions listed (27 PMB + 44 additional).
Hospital cover
- • Unlimited
- • Any private hospital
- • No per-admission co-payment published
Chronic & day-to-day
- • 71 chronic conditions
- • No day-to-day pool on this option
- • Maternity benefit published
Medshield: PremiumPlus
Comprehensive option — 2026
R 9 489
per month, main member
What the 2026 brochure publishes
- R 9 489 a month for a single main member on the 2026 rates.
- Unlimited hospital cover — any private hospital (Open Network).
- 71 chronic conditions listed (27 PMB + 44 additional).
Hospital cover
- • Unlimited
- • Any private hospital
- • No per-admission co-payment published
Chronic & day-to-day
- • 71 chronic conditions
- • No day-to-day pool on this option
- • Maternity benefit published
CompCare: SuperCare
Comprehensive option — 2026
R 9 704
per month, main member
What the 2026 brochure publishes
- R 9 704 a month for a single main member on the 2026 rates.
- See CompCare's 2026 option summary hospital cover — any private hospital (Any private hospital).
- 75 chronic conditions listed (27 PMB + 48 additional).
Hospital cover
- • See CompCare's 2026 option summary
- • Any private hospital
- • No per-admission co-payment published
Chronic & day-to-day
- • 75 chronic conditions
- • No day-to-day pool on this option
- • No separate maternity benefit published
CompCare: UltraCare Plus
Comprehensive option — 2026
R 10 858
per month, main member
What the 2026 brochure publishes
- R 10 858 a month for a single main member on the 2026 rates.
- See CompCare's 2026 option summary hospital cover — any private hospital (Any private hospital).
- 66 chronic conditions listed (27 PMB + 39 additional).
Hospital cover
- • See CompCare's 2026 option summary
- • Any private hospital
- • No per-admission co-payment published
Chronic & day-to-day
- • 66 chronic conditions
- • No day-to-day pool on this option
- • No separate maternity benefit published
CompCare: ExecuCare
Comprehensive option — 2026
R 11 709
per month, main member
What the 2026 brochure publishes
- R 11 709 a month for a single main member on the 2026 rates.
- See CompCare's 2026 option summary hospital cover — comprehensive network (Any Netcare private hospital).
- 74 chronic conditions listed (27 PMB + 47 additional).
Hospital cover
- • See CompCare's 2026 option summary
- • Comprehensive network
- • No per-admission co-payment published
Chronic & day-to-day
- • 74 chronic conditions
- • No day-to-day pool on this option
- • No separate maternity benefit published