Compcare Launches Digicare Medical Cover For Single Young Adults

CompCare Medical Scheme has launched DigiCare, a new digital medical aid plan aimed at single young adults in South Africa.

In a statement on Tuesday, the Scheme said the new product offers an affordable entry point to the medical schemes market at a time when membership costs are rapidly rising.

Priced at R995.00 per beneficiary per month, the DigiCare benefit option opens the door to essential healthcare for single young adults just starting their careers, it said.

The digitally enabled option offers immediate membership, which the Schemes Chief Executive and Principal Officer Josua Joubert said is a standout feature and the first of its kind in the South African medical schemes market.

With approval from the Council for Medical Schemes, CompCare is spearheading a new era for tech-savvy healthcare consumers, backed by the scheme's solid track record," he added.

Joubert said DigiCare offers the full spectrum of healthcare benefits, including comprehensive in-hospital cover at Netcare or Mediclinic hospitals, emergency care, day-to-day benefits, specialist visits and travel cover through Universal Rewards.

Members will also get two online doctor consultations with medication and unlimited telephonic counselling with three face-to-face sessions when needed, alongside preventative and wellness benefits.

Additionally, they will have full access to CompCare's exercise prescription and nutritional programmes in consultation with registered biokineticists and dietitians, respectively.

You can apply via the Universal.one App for CompCare members. If there are no underwriting requirements, membership will be active the next day - a groundbreaking development, the Scheme said.

CompCares offering appears to take on Active Smart, a Discovery Health Medical Scheme plan launched in November 2024 that similarly targets young professionals.