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Fedhealth partners with Intelligene to offer personalised genetic testing for its members A new partnership between Fedhealth Medical Scheme and medical bio-tech company Intelligene offers exciting opportunities for genetic testing to improve the efficiency of medication, mitigate health risks by identifying possible future illnesses, and even optimise an individual’s lifestyle by pinpointing the nutrition and lifestyle best suited to their genetic make-up. While most health systems are designed to be reactive – we wait until the onset of disease and then respond – precision medicine is quickly transforming healthcare from a reactive to a much-needed proactive model. Besides finding out our predisposition to certain illnesses, personalised genetic testing can allow people to get a much m...

An exciting new solution from Fedhealth medical scheme offers the most affordable hospital plan on the market – ideal for young, healthy, digital natives. With annual inflation reaching a 13-year high in July 2022 (7.8%), budgeting for essential monthly expenses like groceries, transport and healthcare has become increasingly difficult – especially for younger people. Our country has one of the highest youth unemployment rates in the world, which has worsened since the pandemic, with 4.8 million young South Africans now unemployed (up by 2% from last quarter). Fedhealth’s brand new medical aid product, flexiFEDSavvy, aims to address these issues by offering a highly affordable, digitally enabled hospital plan specifically aimed at the young and healthy, without compromising on quality. L...

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Fedhealth to offer genetic testing to improve members’ health

Fedhealth’s affordable new offering – a supercharged hospital plan for only R945 pm – caters for the young, healthy and digitally savvy