Discovery Health plans for 2010 are on the new Discovery web site (not the old!)

I’ve noticed that the Discovery Health plans for 2010 are now available.  But, don’t follow your bookmark to the old Discovery web site, you need to go to the new web site here (no need to login): New Discovery web site
The new plans can be seen by clicking on the panels on the left hand side of the page: ‘Discovery Health->2010 Plans we offer’, and then select the plan that you’re interested in.
Unfortunately, the new pages describing the plans have accordion-like sections that expand and collapse so you can’t print the pages :(  That means you need to read them online and keep on clicking to expand and collapse, which is rather irritating!
But, don’t despair when HTT is near ;)  I’ve managed to turn off the accordion scripting and here are the documents for offline reading for your convenience…
         -----> Discovery Health 2010 Plans zipped in pdf format [875KB]: DiscoveryHealthPlans2010.zip
{Thanks to gr8 FireFox add-ins!  Thanks to www.mediafire.com for hosting the file for free!}     
Here’s a list of the plans – as you can see there are a couple of new ones:  2 more Comprehensive options:
Go to the web site for an explanation of the symbols: https://new.discovery.co.za/portal/loggedout-individual/health-plan-compare-2010

Comment to let me know if you want an updated calculator to see how much each plan will cost your family (as done in 2008 here: How to choose your Discovery Health Plan and how much will it be?)

Why not read last year’s article to get to see if you’re interested… remember, it’s all free, no charge and for gratis!
If you have any comments, then make them now so that I can include them if there’s enough demand for this year’s update.
Remember, no comments = no interest, so no update.


Here’s some interesting info: http://www.medicalaidcomparisons.co.za/discovery-health-south-africa.aspx
Highlights are (but read it for yourself, there’s lots more):
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8. Vitality – Discovery Health members (excluding those on Core and KeyCare options) who are on Vitality and have a Visa Discovery Card can choose to activate the new Medical Savings Booster. Members will qualify for a saving of up to 75% on over 6000 of HealthyFood items at Pick n Pay. If elected, this Booster would replace the member’s 25% cash-back option. The 75% savings would be housed on the Discovery Card and act as an extended savings balance to be utilised when the regular medical savings account is exhausted.

9. Gym membership – the activation fee will reduce from R850 to R595. The main member and spouse will then pay a monthly fee of 80% off the retail monthly rate. Visa Discovery Card members can further reduce their discount from 90 to 100%.
Adult dependants and child dependants over 18 will receive a 50% discount off the retail rate, which can be further discounted to between 60 and 70% through a Visa Discovery Card.
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Update from the ‘Discovery Spring 2009’ magazine (page 56):
It seems that point 9 above is correct in some parts, but not in all:
True: joining fee goes down to R595 per adult
True: members will need to pay a percentage of the retail monthly fee (per month)
True: Discovery card members and spouses (who use their Discovery Card to pay) can increase their monthly saving from 80% to 90% and more (depending on the number of years on Vitality)
True: Adult dependants and children over 18 can receive 50% discount, which can be further discounted to between 60% and 70% if you pay with your Discovery Card
But, what point 9 above doesn’t mention is that “the new 2010 rules will not affect Discovery Vitality members who currently have access to the gym benefit.  If these members fail to meet the 24 gym visits in any 12 month rolling period, or willingly cancel their gym access, they must reactivate their gym access on the 2010 rate structure.”
See the full article here:

Update on 16Nov2009:
HTT’s updated discovery health 2010 calculator can be found here: Discovery Health 2010 - updated calculator: how much will that plan cost?

Update on Wed15Sept2010:  Due to legislation changes please note that, if your Visa DiscoveryCard doubles up as your HealthyFood card you must swipe your Visa DiscoveryCard twice: once before the cashier scans your items and again to pay.  If you don’t use your Visa DiscoveryCard to pay they won’t be able to accurately capture your purchases and you won’t get your HealthyFood savings and Vitality points. 

So, please make sure that when you make purchases from Pick 'n Pay you swipe your Visa DiscoveryCard before the cashier scans your items and again to pay.  This update was sent to all DiscoveryCard member's on their statements.